In the world of fatalistic belief, very few people do really think that agelessness will be in our reach. People are probably dreaming about agelessness but this doesn’t mean that we believe it is possible.
If someone would give you pill that would render you ageless, implying that you would be secured from aging diseases if you consumed the tablet would you take it? It should be noted that there would however be possibilities to die via accidents and suicide; the only change would be that the aspect of aging would be cancelled-out. Many would properly only murmur answer to such a perceived impossibility.
The idea that is being communicated is that although we would like to live forever if we were offered immortality we distrust it. Agelessness appears to be a too idealistic opportunity. People do therefore regard it as a false belief.
Our brain is nurtured to believe in common ways things are. We believe that progress can be achieved at a reasonable price but the price for agelessness would be too gigantic to be considered. Anti-aging is much more respected as it only includes way of slowing the aging process. The fallacy of our mind is that some solutions that might be possible are extinguished in our brain due to protective and pre-conceived belief.
The price of agelessness would be conceived as Holy Grail. So what would be the price? Protective parts of the mind would suggest that it would naturally bring other significant dilemmas that can be actively generated by the brain itself.
Arguing that curing aging would be problematic is a common attitude. People could even go to the extent of connoting aging as a natural beauty.
Now let us say that aging can be cured at reasonable price. It would certainly not take long for us to view anti-aging as sumptuousness provided to us. Living for centuries would become a reality.
The realization of such a revolutionary success would bring with it second thoughts. We would then finally realize that only because aging was considered as a natural beauty billions of people have died.
The fear is still prevalent that agelessness will have an impact on our collective psyche. We create the necessity from what we need. Living forever might cease several necessities and the change can be unparalleled.
Source: IEET
Tue, Mar 30, 2010
Immortality, Longevity