Why or why not.
2006-12-23 11:50:19 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Well, there are practical considerations here. What would you do for a living? In a hundred years, even janitorial equipment might present a learning curve. What are they using instead of money, anyway? I mean, how were things in 1906? If you lived then, went to sleep, and woke up today, I think there would be quite a shock. Not much call for blacksmiths, carriage repairers, wick-trimmers, and even if you went to find work on a farm, what to make of milking machines, tractors, combines...this is after you get over automobiles traveling faster than you have ever seen anything travel.
It would be the same if you suddenly woke up and it was 2106. It would be bewildering, you wouldn't fit in with the social and political concerns of the times, and you would still have to die.
2006-12-23 12:06:55 · answer #1 · answered by sonyack 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hell yes! I'd take the chance that we'd get over our present path to self-destruction and things will get better once and for all. Imagine waking up for one year every hundred years - you'd be a human time machine, able to tell people what is was like back then. The language would still be comprehensible to you and you could learn enough about the state of the world to be valuable the next time you were woken up.
You'd probably be treated with better medicine each time too, so you could do it over and over again as long as you desired - after 100 times waking up every 100 years 10,000 years of history will have passed! And there'd probably be groupies...
2006-12-23 20:08:24 · answer #2 · answered by hznfrst 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Possibly, but it would most likely depend on the unavailability of a vaccine or some cure to a disease that I have. Or to get away from a present situation that was completely unbearable, but given normal circumstances I would refuse the offer, given the rapid rate at which technology is developing i would probably have a heartattack seeing the future. Also who could leave behind their loved ones?
2006-12-23 20:17:33 · answer #3 · answered by LaxDman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends because when the 100 years have past, there would be more technology and more standard living (no poverty). However, global warming would be at his highest point and the atmosphere would be filled with population. Or while you are suspended, the world could have ended already so I prefer not to.
2006-12-23 19:54:28 · answer #4 · answered by JMCG 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, there is too much risk this would actually equate to voluntarily ending your life. There's no guarantee anyone will still be alive in 100 years. I think this outweighs the chance humans will discover the secret to immortality or super long life.
2006-12-23 23:25:58 · answer #5 · answered by wwwwwwwfe 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! It would be way too weird to wake up in the future. Freaky! Besides, I like to live in the moment. I would not want to interrupt the flow of my life. I would also hate how all my loved ones will either be dead or really really old. To me the negative impact outweighs the positive.
2006-12-23 20:00:33 · answer #6 · answered by songbird 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not now, but if I was 40 or something and didnt have anything going for my life, I would (as long as there is no risk of me dying during it). But right now, no I would not.
It would probably be like going to sleep, when you wake it seems like no time has passed since when you fell asleep. I wonder if time would go by fast during your "Sleep" if it was for 100 years
2006-12-23 19:54:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh good heavens, NO! I'm 65 and having the time of my life with my daughter, my son-in-law, their 5 (almost 6) children, their foster kids , all my friends, and my other grandkids and one great grandson. I wouldn't miss a minute of my life just the way it is!
2006-12-23 19:54:08 · answer #8 · answered by missingora 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Excellent question, and my answer is yes, absolutely. Physical immortality is also becoming a possibility now. Did you know that?
Check out several transhumanist places, and Alcor for cryonic suspension.
2006-12-23 19:55:02 · answer #9 · answered by jose_cordeiro 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good Question! I don't think I would do that. Sounds interesting but No. The future shock would be more than I could handle.
2006-12-23 19:53:33 · answer #10 · answered by Mr. Right 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋