Tuesday, November 13, 2007

"Well, life isn't fair"

I can remember their eyes and hand gestures as they said it "Well Daniel, life isn't fair". I always wanted to yell back at them and say "IT WILL BE FOR ME!!!" Unfortunately, they were right. Life definitely isn't fair. It will laugh at you, kick you when you're down, cheat on you with your best friend, and then make you feel like it's all your fault!! I recently read an article about extending life to a thousand years or possibly even more. I have my reservations about the actual morality of the issue but one thing I know for sure is -- I can't imagine living a hundred years, why in the world would I want to live TEN TIMES that?? I do have things that I enjoy in my own life but earthly possessions can only give so much satisfaction! I love music, reading, writing, and various other things. Can you imagine hearing the same songs for a THOUSAND years? I would hate that song SO much! And what would I read after the first couple hundred years went by? Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, Kierkagaard, Hume, Kant, Wittgenstein, Popper, and Nietzche (just to name a few) would only take about 20 or 30 years to read and understand! Maybe, just to be fair, add another 10 years to each philosopher to actually understand them and you are still just barely over a hundred! So, morality aside, if we actually determine how to extend life to such an extreme amount of time, you can count me out! If you are interested in reading the article here is the link -- http://redding.com/news/2007/nov/06/forever-young/ --and leave a comment telling me what you think about the idea.

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