Re: Ray Kurzweil: Immortality within 15 years.
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Re: Ray Kurzweil: Immortality within 15 years.         

Group: sci.astro · Group Profile
Author: William December Starr
Date: Dec 24, 2007 15:26

In article news.xmission.com>,
Jon Schild xmission.com> said:
> And it isn't that hard a question. Maybe when you are 20 or 30 the
> idea of living forever seems attractive, but wait until you get
> older and assorted body parts no longer work like they
> should. Then you can understand the full meaning of a button I
> have seen at several worldcons:
>
> "Immortality -- A Fate Worse than Death"

That presumes that immortality == being stuck in the same worn-out
meat forever.

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William December Starr panix.com>
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