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[Discarnate]

VIDEO: BBC Interview: Immortality
Nick Bostrom of the World Transhumanist Association (WTA) has been to America and makes his case for radically extending the human lifespan.
Max More, Nick Bostrom, Natasha Vita-More, James

http://www.bbc.co.uk...s/how_to_build/
(click on "Would You Want To Live Forever")

The current voting:

Thank you for voting in the Court of Opinion.

Here is the verdict that the jury has returned so far:

Would you want to live forever?
Yes, unreservedly: 9.0%
Yes but only if body & mind remain healthy, and being alive
for longer doesn't deprive other people of resources: 25.2%
Yes, but only if body & mind remain healthy: 25.8%
Yes, but only if mental function remains intact: 4.3%
Don't know: 3.5%
No: 32.1%

The experts they've added are interestingly chosen, as are the snippets of what appears to be a longer roundtable discussion of the main topic. . . .

Expect to see that 32% to turn into 91% of people having reservations about living forever, BTW. . . .*grin* (Figures don't lie but liars figure)

-Discarnate

[hughbristic]

Hey Dis,

The link don't work. Could you respost it?

Thanks,
Hugh

[Discarnate]

http://www.bbc.co.uk...s/how_to_build/

See how that works - looks like I trunc'd it, sorry...

-Discarnate

[Bruce Klein]

Looks as if the Would You Want To Live Forever page is dead as well, now.. I may have saved the video on my computer.. let me see.

[brokenportal]

I take it you didnt find it on your computer?

[Bruce Klein]

No luck.