Living Forever?

Do you believe it will ever be possible to live forever? If so how soon? What if we were the first generation of people that could live forever. There would be many good and BAD consequences of this.

1) Should be obvious - over population.

Discuss.

Technology is on The Rise

How optimistic are you about technology in the near future? I myself am expecting big technological advances to happen sooner rather than later. Honestly, space travel could be not too far away. Even sometime in our lifetime? Hopefully. Tons of vaccines and cures for diseases and illnesses have been coming out and I feel like we will have the technology and tools to be able to cure just about anything. There has recently been a huge breakthrough in finding a cure for ALL cancers which will be huge for the medical field. Now straying from medicinal breakthroughs, 3D-Printing is looking like it may just be the next big thing. It is being used to make jet parts and even artificial organs! Artificial intelligence has also come a long way as well. They are actually now beginning to get smart. I don't want to go too deep but basically the main point is that technology has made leaps and bounds in the past couple decades and is continuing to improve each and every day. I am eager to learn of the next big thing and curious of what it might be. Where might technology take us next? Any thoughts on this subject?

Thoughts on Reincarnation?

I myself have never been a big believer in reincarnation. I have always thought that once your life ends, that is it. But I have recently watched this video and it really gets you thinking. Apparently there is an 11 year old boy that remembers much of his previous life. He says he was a fighter pilot during World War II and he even recalls how he died. It really is pretty insane to think that reincarnation may be a possibility and even crazier that this may serve as some kind of proof. It may be able to shift your views on reincarnation entirely. Let me know what you think.

Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S_Tg4-_WVk

Think about this

I thought of this myself the other day, I don't think this philosophy question has been asked ever before. So most people in life do stuff that will help them become more successful, whatever they deem success is to them at that time. They will do actions to move towards that success, such as earning money, getting good grades, winning in sports, likely you do the same. Now imagine this, let's say you lived your whole life as "John" and you have a friend named "Doe" at school. Let's say after 18 years of living as "John" you are now living in the body of "Doe". Yet "John" is still you, just how you were before the transformation. So you are essentially, the clone of the brain of "John", but you are now in "Doe's" body. I am sure that scenario has been created before, but let me now ask you... Living your life as now "Doe" would do actions to move "Doe" (Now You) towards success or would you make actions to move "John" (Old You, But Still You) towards success.

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Thought Provoking Short Story

I did not write this but found it rather interesting and had the urge to share it

The Egg
By: Andy Weir

You were on your way home when you died.
It was a car accident. Nothing particularly remarkable, but fatal nonetheless. You left behind a wife and two children. It was a painless death. The EMTs tried their best to save you, but to no avail. Your body was so utterly shattered you were better off, trust me.
And that’s when you met me.
“What… what happened?” You asked. “Where am I?”
“You died,” I said, matter-of-factly. No point in mincing words.
“There was a… a truck and it was skidding…”
“Yup,” I said.
“I… I died?”
“Yup. But don’t feel bad about it. Everyone dies,” I said.
You looked around. There was nothingness. Just you and me. “What is this place?” You asked. “Is this the afterlife?”
“More or less,” I said.
“Are you god?” You asked.
“Yup,” I replied. “I’m God.”
“My kids… my wife,” you said.
“What about them?”
“Will they be all right?”
“That’s what I like to see,” I said. “You just died and your main concern is for your family. That’s good stuff right there.”
You looked at me with fascination. To you, I didn’t look like God. I just looked like some man. Or possibly a woman. Some vague authority figure, maybe. More of a grammar school teacher than the almighty.
“Don’t worry,” I said. “They’ll be fine. Your kids will remember you as perfect in every way. They didn’t have time to grow contempt for you. Your wife will cry on the outside, but will be secretly relieved. To be fair, your marriage was falling apart. If it’s any consolation, she’ll feel very guilty for feeling relieved.”
“Oh,” you said. “So what happens now? Do I go to heaven or hell or something?”
“Neither,” I said. “You’ll be reincarnated.”
“Ah,” you said. “So the Hindus were right,”
“All religions are right in their own way,” I said. “Walk with me.”
You followed along as we strode through the void. “Where are we going?”
“Nowhere in particular,” I said. “It’s just nice to walk while we talk.”
“So what’s the point, then?” You asked. “When I get reborn, I’ll just be a blank slate, right? A baby. So all my experiences and everything I did in this life won’t matter.”
“Not so!” I said. “You have within you all the knowledge and experiences of all your past lives. You just don’t remember them right now.”
I stopped walking and took you by the shoulders. “Your soul is more magnificent, beautiful, and gigantic than you can possibly imagine. A human mind can only contain a tiny fraction of what you are. It’s like sticking your finger in a glass of water to see if it’s hot or cold. You put a tiny part of yourself into the vessel, and when you bring it back out, you’ve gained all the experiences it had.
“You’ve been in a human for the last 48 years, so you haven’t stretched out yet and felt the rest of your immense consciousness. If we hung out here for long enough, you’d start remembering everything. But there’s no point to doing that between each life.”
“How many times have I been reincarnated, then?”
“Oh lots. Lots and lots. An in to lots of different lives.” I said. “This time around, you’ll be a Chinese peasant girl in 540 AD.”
“Wait, what?” You stammered. “You’re sending me back in time?”
“Well, I guess technically. Time, as you know it, only exists in your universe. Things are different where I come from.”
“Where you come from?” You said.
“Oh sure,” I explained “I come from somewhere. Somewhere else. And there are others like me. I know you’ll want to know what it’s like there, but honestly you wouldn’t understand.”
“Oh,” you said, a little let down. “But wait. If I get reincarnated to other places in time, I could have interacted with myself at some point.”
“Sure. Happens all the time. And with both lives only aware of their own lifespan you don’t even know it’s happening.”
“So what’s the point of it all?”
“Seriously?” I asked. “Seriously? You’re asking me for the meaning of life? Isn’t that a little stereotypical?”
“Well it’s a reasonable question,” you persisted.
I looked you in the eye. “The meaning of life, the reason I made this whole universe, is for you to mature.”
“You mean mankind? You want us to mature?”
“No, just you. I made this whole universe for you. With each new life you grow and mature and become a larger and greater intellect.”
“Just me? What about everyone else?”
“There is no one else,” I said. “In this universe, there’s just you and me.”
You stared blankly at me. “But all the people on earth…”
“All you. Different incarnations of you.”
“Wait. I’m everyone!?”
“Now you’re getting it,” I said, with a congratulatory slap on the back.
“I’m every human being who ever lived?”
“Or who will ever live, yes.”
“I’m Abraham Lincoln?”
“And you’re John Wilkes Booth, too,” I added.
“I’m Hitler?” You said, appalled.
“And you’re the millions he killed.”
“I’m Jesus?”
“And you’re everyone who followed him.”
You fell silent.
“Every time you victimized someone,” I said, “you were victimizing yourself. Every act of kindness you’ve done, you’ve done to yourself. Every happy and sad moment ever experienced by any human was, or will be, experienced by you.”
You thought for a long time.
“Why?” You asked me. “Why do all this?”
“Because someday, you will become like me. Because that’s what you are. You’re one of my kind. You’re my child.”
“Whoa,” you said, incredulous. “You mean I’m a god?”
“No. Not yet. You’re a fetus. You’re still growing. Once you’ve lived every human life throughout all time, you will have grown enough to be born.”
“So the whole universe,” you said, “it’s just…”
“An egg.” I answered. “Now it’s time for you to move on to your next life.”
And I sent you on your way.

What's The Future of Warfare?

In the old days, people would charge each other with sticks, swords,shields, and spears in a battle to the death. Whichever side didn't lose all their men would be victorious. This concept continued as the weapons and defenses became more advanced, for example castles, battering rams, and metal armor, warfare at the time was always done by hand. One very big advancement which doesn't seem very impressive now was archery. Archery was a huge step in combat as combat could be now be executed from a distance. The next big advancement was gunpowder. People were now able to shoot high velocity projectiles such as bullets and, the use of cannons.

I will continue this post shortly.