Thread: Seriousness Should human life be extended?
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Old 05-01-2009, 05:19 AM   #22
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Originally Posted by pdurrant View Post
I didn't say there wouldn't be problems. There would be problems. But death is not a good solution to these problems. It's just the one we have at the moment.

Not dying and coming up with new solutions would be better.
I can't really see how death is avoidable - ultimately all matter in the Universe will just evaporate (if I understand correctly).

Even if we could theoretically last that long, the chance of dying by accident would probably be a certainty over that sort of time scale.
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