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Originally Posted by peter12
Always be skeptical of people promising eternal life.
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I think you know I am very much skeptical, but the fact remains the possibility exists, science is very much on the cusp of a significant change to medicine, from reactionary to preventative. But this is a whole other discussion.
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And yes, absolutely, I can try to move the battleground. That's called skepticism and it's the foundation of reason. I'm not going to follow your line of thinking just because you think that most people fall on to your side.
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I never said you couldn't, I said your attempt will be drowned out by the noise of the actual battle. Never said to follow my line of thinking, but that this current battle could lead to your reasoning having a chance at reality down the road when the dust settles from this debate.
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For example, what you said above about the near-indefinite extension of human life. That will take some pretty remarkable technical innovations that will impact every aspect of everyone's lives on this planet. But you don't understand the problems with technology clearly enough to examine yourself in relation to this ideological statement that you have just made.
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You wonder why people get frustrated in talking with you, when you make such statements why not attempt at explaining what it is exactly I don't understand about my ignorance to the problems of technology. Like I've said to you before, you assume a lot about me and my positions which quite a few of you are simply dead wrong about.
The fact of my statement is inevitability, its not a statement of something I'm excited to have happen or look forward to. I'm very concerned at the idea of people living for very long periods of time. Its both exciting and frightening, but not something we can stop from happening.
Just once I'd like you to actually state why I am so lost to the dangers of technology instead of linking to books and telling us you are a nerd that no one gets
