>>14060384And I forgot to say that reasons why immortality is desirable are obvious and do not recquire explanation.
>>14058345>Death afterall, is just another step in the lifetime of your soul.This was a socially beneficial belief for people to have for a long time, but it is false.
>>14058602>but I feel like eventually you’d just get bored.A very large amount of mathematical/physical problems are likely already intractable without some form of cognition and lifespan enhancement and who knows what kind of problems and pursuits would open up for posthumans.
Being bored is just about you being boring than about existence being boring - its surface has barely been scratched.
>>14060407Maybe. It doesn't require violation of physical principles and the actual advancements in biology might not be that far away and the field is moving fast.
>>14060300To be fair - there were no ways to record history at the time.
The records and the practitioners of science will remember them. Besides, they will be fucking immortal too. An immortal doesn't need to care as much about his name surviving into the millenia ahead or about any part of how our culture is today. Tech always changes peoples values and a cure for aging would be some pretty important tech.