If you were given a pill that allowed you to live forever would you take it? The only condition is that you wouldn't be allowed to have anymore children, (because otherwise the world would be overpopulated with people taking these pills) would you still take it? Or would you hold out for the pill that let you live forever but you'd continuously live as if you were in your early 20's.
A question about life...
Under what circumstances?
Would I still retain my shape, emotions, intelligence as a human being or would I shrink until I become a grasshopper? If I fell off a 100 story building or got run over by a car, would I die (in other words, am I merely immortal or am I something more)? If my arm got chopped off, would it grow back? What would happen to me if life as we know it ended? If I wanted to die, would I be able to?
If all of the above are favorable to me, then yes, I would be interested. Sign me up.
Would I still retain my shape, emotions, intelligence as a human being or would I shrink until I become a grasshopper? If I fell off a 100 story building or got run over by a car, would I die (in other words, am I merely immortal or am I something more)? If my arm got chopped off, would it grow back? What would happen to me if life as we know it ended? If I wanted to die, would I be able to?
If all of the above are favorable to me, then yes, I would be interested. Sign me up.
Honestly, i don't think that's much of a dilemma. Yes, i'd take the first pill, no hesitation, no questions asked. With an infinite life, i have an infinite amount of time to improve my standard of life later. Maybe the first bit might suck, but so what? In the long run, it will just be a blip.
I should clarify that it's not an immortality thing, its just a pill that stops you from aging thats it, You could keep all of your memories and so forth, (of course when you have the potential to live hundreds of years, you'd probably forget a thing or two right?)
I think it would all depend on whether the people I care about most would take the pill as well. An eternity is not worth spending without those you love around you. But then again, while it may seem like a good idea now, I'm not so sure I'd like to stay alive for a thousand, or ten thousand, years. Eventually we'd get tired of living life the same way over and over and over again...
Very good question...makes you think!
Very good question...makes you think!
I agree with Divinaeon's response. Regardless, I don't think I would take the pill simply because I wouldn't want another excuse to put things off simply because I KNOW that I'll be around tomorrow to do it then. (Procrastination is one serious flaw I've yet to be rid of!)
I am not very religious but I believe that we are all given this certain amount of time on earth for a reason and that is to be born, experience life, for another life, teach them what you know and guide them while you can, and die with a sense of accomplishment. Atleast, that what I believe and taking that pill would alter everything.
I am not very religious but I believe that we are all given this certain amount of time on earth for a reason and that is to be born, experience life, for another life, teach them what you know and guide them while you can, and die with a sense of accomplishment. Atleast, that what I believe and taking that pill would alter everything.
I wouldn't. I am very religious and it would really be stupid for me to take something that would rob me of the hope I look forward to and stick me here to stay in this crappy, broken world. Maybe if it was something that had to be consistantly taken I would, so I could lengthen my effectiveness here as well as being able to still move on.
Part of me says yes, cause I would like to know I'd be around to see my kid become an adult.
Part of me also says no, cause I don't think I wanna be on this crummy earth indefinitely.
Part of me also says no, cause I don't think I wanna be on this crummy earth indefinitely.
I would because there would always be an option to opt out of life, its not like you cannot die.
My first idea was to say YES!!!!But then I thought about it and I would say no.Time would fly by...the people I loved would die...the age I lived in would pass and I would find myself in a totally different world...so foreign to me...and really after ages of living...would there still be something I havent done yet?Would there still be a purpose for my life?I kind of like the way it is right now, without a way to change it, so I dont have to make these hard decisions 
It seems like a nice idea at first, but on 2nd thought I don't think I'd like to. It just seems wrong to me.
If it would be a god-like immortality where I cannot die if I had a shotgun blast to my head, then no, I would not take it because then I could never stand it. If it's just a pill that gives infinite youth and does not compensate against accidents, then yes because I can still die from my own stupidity.
On this topic, might I point out the pill is not a myth, recently a study has shown to have found the chemicle that ages the body, they said by 2020 they should have either be abel to slow down ageing, stop it and maybe even reverse.I saw it a long time ago on BBC website.
oh and yes take the pill.....long life is a bonus, you can experiance more, worry less.....
oh and yes take the pill.....long life is a bonus, you can experiance more, worry less.....
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