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Some common questions about Physical Immortality
06/02/2009 - By IMMORTEK .COM What is Physical Immortality?
Physical Immortality is a state of life that allows a person to avoid death and maintain conscious thought, though it can mean the unending existence of a person from a physical source other than organic life, such as a computer.
Active pursuit of physical imortality can either be based on scientific trends, such as mind uploading, cryonics, predictions of an impending technological singularity.
Why would you want to live forever?
"Forever" is a long time, and we're not suggesting that. Most people who enjoy life can't get enough of it.
Even most of those who claim they don't want to live longer than "natural" will go to the ends of the earth to cure themselves of cancer, heart disease and injuries when they get stricken.
Modern drugs, surgical techniques and diagnostic tools are life extension technologies that few refuse.
Is death inevitable?
Death, as a whole, can never be totally eliminated. There may always be accidents, natural disasters, violence, and other things that we have little control over.
However, it is possible to slow down, stop, and eventually reverse the aging process.
It comes as a surprise to many people - especially to non-scientists- that there may be treatments available in the foreseeable future to stop and reverse the aging process.
Why would I want to live a long time as an old/frail person?
Also you may be asking: Won't there be a lot of old/frail people hanging around if this works? The answer is that that there is a difference between "old" and "frail".
If I showed you someone that by all outward appearances appeared to be 30 years old, would you tell me that they were "old"?
What if I then told you that the person you were looking at was actually 120 years old? "Old" is a relative term to the observer (when you were 6 or 7 years, did you not think being 21 was "old"?).
In the near future when people are living longer and longer life spans, what will "old" be? Almost all of the research currently going on is meant to increase healthy lifespans.
"Frail" people (those who are sickly, at the end of their life today) can never have their lifespans dramatically extended because they are much more susceptible to things such as accidents or disease.
If it is easier to think about, think of it as extending the "middle" part of your life.
We generally acquire more experience, knowledge, wisdom and skills as we age.
Rather than putting people "out to pasture" or in nursing homes, wouldn't society be better off if we kept people youthful and productive? 32% of our country's medical expenses are spent on the elderly (over age 69).
Annual health care costs for people over 65 years of age are 400% of those 65 years of age and younger. What if we could eliminate not only the suffering associated with old age, but the expense to society as well?
Won't life get boring if I live for a long time?
It depends, does life bore you now? If life bores you now, then chances might be good that it will continue to bore you, but living a long time should not affect that.
Many people have commented that given all they know about today, there is enough to keep them busy for 10 lifetimes (of current time spans).
Think of all the wonderful things that you have yet to experience in today's world.
Can you honestly say that you have traveled everywhere, tried everything, and experienced life as much as you would want, just given today's state of affairs?
Wouldn't you like to stick around to see a society of unlimited resources, energy, health and wealth? Think of anything and everything that you have ever wanted to do.
Now, take into account anything and everything you will think of to do in the next 10, 100, 1000 years. Over a long enough time period, anything is possible.
Imagine the possibility of private space travel, undersea exploration, few survival pressures, and anything else you can imagine.
Society has been progressing faster and faster (think all the accomplishments in just the last 100 years), why is there any reason to believe that you will get bored if you live a long time?
The answer is, there is no reason.
Wow, this is really exciting! When do you guys expect aging to be cured?
This is a very tough question to answer accurately, but we can make a few educated guesses based on past progress and the way research is progressing.
Some very optimistic estimates put the time frame for stopping aging at about 10 years, and begin reversing aging in about 20 years.
This is the optimistic viewpoint, and some more conservative scientists set their sights on a 20-40 year time frame, while some others see it taking even longer.
So much depends on the amount of funding for different types of research, and how it is utilized. Most scientists agree that it will be done in stages, first slowing aging, then stopping it... then reversing it!
Also, extending the average life span before extending the maximum life span is seen as something that is easier. The main thing to remember is that, for most people reading this, it could happen in your lifetime!
What can I do NOW to increase my lifespan?
There are a number of things you can do to increase your healthy lifespan right now. These things are nothing compared to what we will be able to do when the available research and technology progress further,
but they are the best we can do now, and may make it possible for you to make it to the time when more advanced therapies are available to keep you young.
Some things you can do to increase your lifespan can be thought of as "stuff mom always said to do". This includes eating right, getting plenty of rest and exercise, and generally just living a healthy lifestyle.
Beyond these things, another step people have taken is adding supplements to their diet. Still more extreme routes people have taken are hormone supplementation and taking selected drugs that may have "anti-aging" properties.
I would direct you to look at the website of the Immortek Physical Immortality Community,
http://www.immortek.com/
which is one of the most comprehensive sources on current health and longevity issues in the world.
Ok, Ok already, I am convinced! How can I help?
Wow, I am glad you saw the logic to life extension so quickly! Usually it takes people at least twice as long as you to come around.
First and foremost, since we are the Immortality Community, I would strongly encourage becoming a full lifetime Immortek Member.
Besides helping us out, becoming a full member entitles you to a variety of benefits that are not available to regular members.
Also, feel free to contribute on the message boards, or see if you can help out with many of the ongoing projects that we are working on.
What is the Immortek Community?
The Immortek Community is a non-profit organization with the goal of reaching the physical immortality. Our official mission is "to make all possible to reach physical immmortality in the next 10-20 years".
We think that this has the possibility of being accomplished through a variety of means, some more radical than others.
We try to further the goal of defeating aging through a variety of means, including debate and discussion (in Immortek Forums) among scientists and researchers in the various anti-aging related fields,
the production of various informational materials (films, books, etc.), the hosting of conferences dedicated solely to various aspects about the war on aging,
funding of research related to curing aging, and many other ways that we think will provide the most benefit to curing aging as quickly as possible.
http://www.immortek.com/