Emlyn wrote:
> I will add, that very few people involved in >H, extropianism, purely
> cryonics, or whatever your flavour, would seriously suggest that any of us
> will live for *all eternity*. While we might be shooting for close (my
> joke), the maths alone says we must come a cropper some time before forever.
>
Each of us individualities may. But there are also some long range
speculations that say maybe not. It is too early to close the books on
the question.
> So, any life-extension techniques are merely temporary. If there's a God, or
> otherwise an afterlife, it will get us in the end, afterall. God's meant to
> be immortal, eternal, etc etc... surely multiplying our lifespans by a few
> orders of magnitude couldn't really matter in the greater scheme of
> things...
>
If you can create new universes and jump your intelligence over to the
new universe or move outside of space-time then there may be even
"eternal" life. If space-time is transcending and you can pop back in at
any point or multiple points at once then exactly in what way are you
not timeless and/or eternal? The greater scheme of things was, is, or
will be created by sentiences that have been or will be developed,
"naturally" and/or "artificially".
> Just remember, as the heat death of the universe approaches, deathbed
> conversion is still an option...
>
<Grin> So is transcendence to a "different plane".
- samantha
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