Re: Quantum tunneling and human immortality

From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Wed Sep 04 2002 - 05:47:36 MDT


gts wrote:
>
> That is not my definition. It is yours. My definition of "immortal" (and
> Webster's) is "exempt from death."
>
> Either it will be possible in principle to be exempt from death, or it
> else it won't be possible. Hand-waving arguments about the theoretical
> probabilities of achieving immortality do not really answer the
> question.

gts, I am interested in being "exempt from death" because it would be a
good means to my end goal of "living forever". I will, however, be quite
satisfied if I actually live forever, regardless of whether I am "exempt
from death" during the process or simply have a very small but nonzero
total probability of dying over my infinite lifespan.

-- 
Eliezer S. Yudkowsky                          http://singinst.org/
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence


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