>>11912559>Einstein personally rejected any attempts to prolong his life because "I want to go when I want to go. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially". He died days later.Einstein was on his death bed and probably was in constant physical and psychological suffering, to some degree. Not wanting to prolong such a life is very reasonable.
If he were at that age but in his 30-year-old body, never aging or suffering from any disease or other health issues, do you think he'd be putting a pistol to his head? Very doubtful.
Of course if you're old and suffering from a terrible illness you won't want to keep prolonging your life artificially. The goal is a prolonged healthy, youthful life.
>People would always want an ending. Prolonging life is one thing but don't expect people to desire a life that they cannot escape from. They would just choose how they wanted to endYes, transhumanists/longevity researchers make it clear what their goal is: to let people choose when and how to die. That's all. They're all for personal liberty. If you want to die at age 100, that's your right. If you want to die at age 1000, they say that that should be your right, too.
The idea that most people would reject immortality if given the option is total BS. Take a healthy, happy person at age 50, and on every one of their subsequent birthdays, they get a choice of "die today, or live one more year". If they're happy and healthy on their 51st birthday, they're extremely likely to extend it another year. And then on their 52nd birthday, another year. And then another. If they stay in good health, why put an end to it? Why stop enjoying life, creating things, interacting with people?
Obviously a world with eternal youth and eternal life is very far away and beyond our lifetimes, but it'll happen some day if there are no major catastrophes. And that world will be far better to live in than ours, without a doubt.
