What are the advantages and disadvantages of liveinf forever?
2007-05-21 14:53:02 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Advantages: You would have unlimited time to earn money, gain a very valuable education, and develop maturity and a sense of purpose.
Disadvantages: You would take life for granted, you might get bored, your friends and family would eventually die, and you would lose the conviction to try to make a difference.
2007-05-21 14:56:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Disadvantages to immortality:
Everyone you love would die, and eventually, you would be the only one of your friends or family alive. You could make new friends, but as time passes you would be less and less able to relate to people on the same level, because the culture and manners of people change over long periods of time (just imagine trying to be friends with someone from 200 years ago or longer).
Death is a natural part of life, so being denied the ability to die, your life would be like a very long, arduous day where you just long to go to sleep, but can't.
Advantages:
Acquisition of wisdom. Wisdom is often the result of experiencing life, rather than learning simple facts or studying history.
Passing on of knowledge, first hand. If I lived until 2180, I'd be able to tell about September 11th, 2001 from my own memory, something that is much more real than reading. We're at a point now when the number of living survivors of the Holocaust are becoming fewer and fewer, and it won't be long until the last survivor is dead. I was lucky enough to hear a speech of one survivor, but my children will not have the same opportunity. Someone who lives forever would be able to pass on their knowledge of historic events, first-hand.
2007-05-21 15:03:08 · answer #2 · answered by HP Wombat 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Advantages -you will c how the world will end up u will be history :) u wil be the only person that could travel to the nearest planet and come back and tell the story. U can learn everything there's is to know and act as guidance for the people.
Disadvantages- If u r gonna be the only person that lives forever u will have to go through the pain of losing all your loved ones.
anyways hope this is helpful
2007-05-21 15:04:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Advantages
You could become a master on any subject that you wished to study.
You could amass a fortune.
You could travel the globe and take your time seeing every area for as long as you wished to see it.
You could be the world's leader if you desired it.
Your cells could unlock the secret for curing disease forever.
You could say whether it's true or not that vampires exist.
You would find out if all warranties are honored.
You would become an expert at human nature and could manipulate bloodlines.
Disadvantages
You would be set apart forever from human beings.
You would always see all of your family and loved ones die.
You might be hunted and hounded for your cell's secrets.
You might grow bored.
You might wish to die but cannot find release.
2007-05-21 15:07:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What are the conditions? Are you in a state of perpetual youth, or do you age as you normally would.
Advantages:
You have time to acquire the whole of human knowledge
You can experience EVERYTHING there is to experience
If you're perpetually young, you get to remain forever beautiful
Disadvantages:
You will lose everyone you love, over and over again
Legally, how would you exist? Would you live in hiding? Changing your identity? If so, this would be a hassle.
If you do age, aging in at around 1000 would NOT be pleasant.
If you get tired of living, you're f*ucked.
2007-05-21 14:57:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
It really depends on the conditions we're going with...immune to disease and aging as well?
Advantages: gain massive wisdom, if you truly live forever people will eventually worship you as a god...use it to conquer enemies and affect positive change in the world.
Disadvantages: you get jaded; if your inability to die includes non natural causes, you will lose fear, and as a result even the craziest of experiences will fail to elicit excitement in you.
2007-05-21 14:58:58 · answer #6 · answered by Grant G 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the advantage is that you never grow old and get to see many new things from the future, the disadvantage is that your families, friend's children you well see all of them grow old and die the changes might be bad or good but you well be all a lone in the world.
2007-05-21 15:04:49 · answer #7 · answered by kikitourand 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Advantages: Learning, Wisdom, Earning and accumulating alot of cash. Making alot of friends, etc.
Disadvantages: Watching more people die of natural causes etc.! Perhaps extended periods of boredom?
2007-05-21 14:58:56 · answer #8 · answered by wageslave 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It all depends... If I'm going to stop aging and stay young forever then it's worth it because you're going to witness all kinds of new things and meet millions of new people so even if everybody you know dies now you'll never be lonely.
2007-05-21 14:57:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
advantages: you dont have to worry about death
disadvantage: if you're locked in a room without windows or doors, you'll have to break down the wall if you ever want to get out
2007-05-21 14:56:34 · answer #10 · answered by L 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋