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"And someday when the descendants of humanity have spread from star to star, they won't tell the children about the history of Ancient Earth until they're old enough to bear it; and when they learn they'll weep to hear that such a thing as Death had ever once existed!"
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@ceruleanspark Ok if they don't die why do they reproduce.
Thursday, 23-May-13 14:58:07 UTC from web-
@nerthos If we've mastered immortality and interstellar travel, why wouldn't we? More troops for the empire.
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@ceruleanspark And what do you do when there's no place for the new humans? Being immortal, you can't easily dispose of them. Throw them at the sun?
Thursday, 23-May-13 15:24:53 UTC from web-
@nerthos We're talking post-human nanoenhancements, not spiritual immortality. You can still be killed, or choose to die.
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@ceruleanspark So basically being ageless as opposed to immortal. Makes enough sense. If not for the UN we could be researching that right now.
Thursday, 23-May-13 15:29:52 UTC from web
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@nerthos Because contraception still isn't 100% effective and if they don't die they can't abort?
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@scribus I'm pretty sure the it'll be "clinical immortality" you install with nanomachines after they're born, rather than a natural characteristic.
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@ceruleanspark Yeah, that . . . that does make an awful lot more sense.
Thursday, 23-May-13 15:33:54 UTC from web
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