Am I crazy for saying that I have a good chance of living forever?

Question

I keep telling people that chances are that I will live forever and they think I'm crazy. Why do I think that I have a good chance of living forever? Well I'm 30 years old and by the time I'm 50 I believe that medicine and technology will be so advanced that by then there will be cures for many things. By 2030 there will be no such thing as death from disease...that's right.. no death from disease!!...That's how advanced we will be. By 2050 I predict that they will figure out a way to save our entire memory to a computer hard drive in case our body dies. Then as they perfect cloning techniques they will grow a new body in a lab and then implant that memory to the new body. Call me crazy, but I'm a futurist and I know I'm not the only one who is optimistic about the technological achievements that await us!

Answer 1

Well, Aubrey de Grey, a Cambridge gerontologist/theoretician is working towards exactly that:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_de_Grey

His work in the field of "engineered negligible sinescence" suggests that it might be possible. However, IIRC, he thinks it might only be acheivable for those who are being born *right now* - not for those who are 30 now...
And, many people consider him a bit of a quack:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Grey_Technology_Review_controversy

Answer 2

I've been an atomic scientist for about 48 years now and im an old man my self, but to be honest i dont think humens will be able to live forever let alone escape destruction of the universe. Science tells us that humens evolved out of lower beings and that universe will continue to floursih for billions of years. If humens beings do continue to have civilizations for billions of years if not on earth perhaps not even in this galaxy yet there are chances that thier race will finaly come to a hault. I've read many religious books trying to find out what God says. I've read the Quran and i consider it to be the authentic religious book on the planet because all other books have been tamperd with that thier original text has been lost Quran says that no matter how far humen beings will run they will never be able to escape the dooms day that is promised to them. My friend you think that you live in a futuristic world and you think that we'll all be flying in 2050 and not dying but look around you almost every country has Nuclear arsenal and they're only kitten's wiskers away from detenating them on each other. Imagine if a nuclear war does go on and destroys half of the population of earth and also our knowleged then what will we do how will we then survive. "imagining is reality but for a fool."

Answer 3

Judging by the current rate of things, I highly doubt modern medicine will allow people to live forever. If there was that option it would be reserved for the extremely wealthy and/or powerful.

Personally, I think that would be horrible. Everyone living forever? We're already overpopulating as it is, and if everyone no longer dies from disease then we're going to need to find a new home or there is going to have to be a purge. We need to remember not to be selfish and live only as long as we are meant to, otherwise we ruin this planet more than we already are.

Answer 4

You are absolutely correct. We have the science and technology to start laying a solid groundwork for achieving very long term life extension, However, on the short-term, we'd rather waste our valuable resources fighting wars over oil and cultural differences, making money, and keeping our silly traditions and religions alive, than do what is necessary to assure long term survival of the human race.

We have the tools to achieve it. We do not have the will to accept the responsibilities and consequences of our actions, in my opinion.

In other words, way too many people in the world think in terms of "immediate gratification" instead of long term possibilities.

Answer 5

After time your body slowly decays, there could possibly be things that slow this process, even things we have now. Eventually, thinking "futuristically", you could technically be alive for sometime with all types of "gizmos", but you could never be alive forever because after a while you would need so many "gizmos" that you would no longer be technically alive, because life is - "the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally." So you could never be "alive" forever. And an answer to your second question, you are slightly crazy, but not as crazy as me ;D

Answer 6

well, going by the name of Rambo, I see why you are so optimistic. think about it though, if we still haven't found the cure for cancer or diabetes or ms or aids then what makes you so positive we will by the time you are 80? we still have the common cold. the only thing actually wiped out was the smallpox. we can treat a lot of things but we still can't cure most. sorry, but you are a worm feast waiting to happen, just like me.

Answer 7

Chances are you'll only be wrong once.
The problem with transplanting memory onto computers is that it is a fallacy that they are at all compatible. Memory on computers is magnetic (eg hard drives), memory in humans is chemical/ electrical.
Your body will know when it cannot renew itself any longer, and it will gradually lead to organ failure. It's called cell apoptosis. Live with it.

Everyone feels immortal until they die.

Answer 8

i think like i'm almost immortal; i will stay virtually consistently. Am I basically loopy?<< definite- all residing issues age and finally die How lifelike is my conviction?<< somewhat lifelike good judgment for residing an prolonged life yet nevertheless all life has to come again to an end sometime. of course there are nevertheless wild variables which you have no longer taken in to attention. some human beings stay healthy life and nevertheless die from extraordinary issues like getting hit by utilising a bus.

Answer 9

Overly optimistic but not crazy. It is OK to be positive but the day will probably come as you get older or something bad happens to you like it did to me and you will realize you are not immortal.

Answer 10

Wow this is actually quite simple....you ready? You my friend are a moron. Not just for thinking that you will live forever, but rather for wanting to live for ever. Good luck with that...iflmao @ you.