Jun 25 2009, 02:44 PM
QUOTE(mylife4nerzhul @ Jun 25 2009, 12:34 PM)
I believe the correct term is not 'immortality', but 'indefinite lifespan'.
Immortality means that you can never truly die, and such a term is usually reserved for supreme beings such as gods or deities.
Indefinite lifespan, however, means that the person will not die of natural causes, such as old age, but he will be succeptible to other kinds of causes, such as trauma and diseases.
That means that a person with an indefinite lifespan will age up to infinity, but will die if he fell of a cliff or in a horrific car accident.
Added on June 25, 2009, 11:46 am
But mechanical parts can be artificially replaced, while our cells cannot.
Precisely!Immortality means that you can never truly die, and such a term is usually reserved for supreme beings such as gods or deities.
Indefinite lifespan, however, means that the person will not die of natural causes, such as old age, but he will be succeptible to other kinds of causes, such as trauma and diseases.
That means that a person with an indefinite lifespan will age up to infinity, but will die if he fell of a cliff or in a horrific car accident.
Added on June 25, 2009, 11:46 am
But mechanical parts can be artificially replaced, while our cells cannot.
Absolutely correct.
If you were "immortal", you would not die even if you got run over a truck on the road or if someone chopped off your head.
Nobody is immortal.
But anti-aging process could "probably" be "delayed" by technology. But that wouldn't not stop you from dying in freak accidents.
This post has been edited by prolog: Jun 25 2009, 02:45 PM
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