Immortality: 20 years away? (without spelling or theological errors!)

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

I read this as "uber-lich" the first time through. Seemed appropriate.

I did the same thing... and without a second thought. Ahhhh, the mind of a gamer is a beautiful thing.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

Sure. We'd have a small, immortal ruling elite of "haves," and the great unwashed masses of "have nots."

You know, there's a great idea for a campaign...

So - could you use the Sand Slaves in the Menace Manual (thanks, The_Universe for pointing those out to me!) for the mutant-super immortal-nano beings?

 

[ghettognome]

I think that it might be possible, but not in 20 years. Being a person who loves science, I thrive off reading articles like this, but don't hold too much too the ones that go out there. If this technology does develop, there is a good chance it will end up like the cloning thing, banned just about everywhere, or limited to just animals. That is really the way it should be, while it is intruiging to think it might work, the impact it would have on society, economy, and culture could be devastating. Sure they may try and compensate... but they always miss something.

 

[Terath Ninir]

I have a Modest Proposal (tm) for the problem of everyone being immortal:

I get to choose who gets immortality and who doesn't. Since I think this is an immenanently logical solution (my logic being much, much better than my spelling ), I hearby declare that we will go with it.

 

[Crothian]

Even if they do discover it the Vorlons will just come in blow up and say "You're not ready yet"

 

[kirinke]

Even if they do discover it the Vorlons will just come in blow up and say "You're not ready yet"

And I'd cheer.

 

[Desdichado]

I'll go along with the crowd here. And make two unrelated (well, tangentially related anyway) observations:

1. About five years ago, I read an article that showed that the pace of life expectancy increases was actually faster than the passage of time. In other words, my life expectancy was increasing faster than my age. If the pace was maintained, I could expect to never die.

2. I'm still bitter and disappointed that we don't yet have a colony on the Moon or Mars, as all the science books I read as a kid promised we would "by the year 2000."

 

[Harmon]

"Who want's to live forever" = Freddie Mercury

I do

 

[Darrin Drader]

I have a Modest Proposal (tm) for the problem of everyone being immortal:

I get to choose who gets immortality and who doesn't. Since I think this is an immenanently logical solution (my logic being much, much better than my spelling ), I hearby declare that we will go with it.

I'll give you my vote, but only if I'm on your list of people to get immortality. The world would be a much more sane and pleasant place if I'm in it forevermore.

 

[Terath Ninir]

I'll give you my vote, but only if I'm on your list of people to get immortality. The world would be a much more sane and pleasant place if I'm in it forevermore.

In order to maintain my plan, I need to Dictator (or Dicator, like Barsoomcore ) For All Eternity, so I'll need some cronies. I humbly accept your request to be an Evil Henchmen. And since I am a long-time fan of the Evil Overlord rules, that position is much safer than with most evil dictators. When you capture Bond, you shoot him, then bring me the body as proof. Much safer and more pleasant that way.