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Baobab

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9. If we had immortality, we would treat each other and the planet far better.

Reply to Scootaloo (Reply #5)

Wed May 18, 2016, 01:30 AM

May 2016

because we would have to live with and on it forever.

People would reduce pollution to the lowest possible levels because otherwise because of bio- persistence of carcinogens in the environment, everybody likely will be getting cancer at 40 or 50 in a few years. You wont be able to escape it. (not that you can now)

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Sigh. Cryonics is an enormous and expensive scam. Scootaloo May 2016 #1

People these days have more rights than a frozen person, I agree, but less all the time. Baobab May 2016 #2

I hope not Scootaloo May 2016 #3

Yes, but perhaps death has "outlived its usefulness" Baobab May 2016 #4

Our planet can't even handle mortal humans. Scootaloo May 2016 #5

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Let's achieve all that first, and then talk about immortality. Scootaloo May 2016 #10

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