Eternal Life In Pew Research

Time moves forward, and only forward. It’s a circle – we are born, raised, we live, then we die. But have you ever imagined what would happen if you were endowed with immortality? What if you could not die no matter how many decades had passed, while the world around you keeps changing and everyone else keeps aging? Would it be wonderful to live forever like that? Then you should take a look at Tuck Everlasting, a novel written by Natalie Babbitt in 1975 which focuses on the negative side of immortality.

Why would someone want to be immortal if they cannot share their life with others? Sharing with others is what life is about. Making connections and relationships

War is cruel. The Vietnam War, which lasted for 21 years from 1954 to 1975, was a horrific and tragic event in human history. The Second World War was as frightening and tragic even though it lasted for only 6 years from 1939 to 1945 comparing with the longer-lasting war in Vietnam. During both wars, thousands of millions of soldiers and civilians had been killed. Especially during the Second World War, numerous innocent people were sent into concentration camps, or some places as internment camps for no specific reasons told. Some of these people came out sound after the war, but others were never heard of again. After both wars, people that were alive experienced not only the physical damages, but also the psychic trauma by seeing the

Extended life would be nice for some people, however an healthy life will beat an extended life

What are people willing to do to maintain a healthy mind and body? A former emperor of china, Qin Shi Huang, killed himself trying to live forever by consuming age-stopping mercury pills. In the 1400's Pope Innocent VIII believed by transfusing three young boys blood into himself he would absorb their youth, he died in the process. In the 1800's Leonard Jones ran for president with the promise to achieve immortality, he believed this would be accomplished through prayer and fasting, later that year pneumonia led to his death.

The U.S. Census Bureau (2011) states that Americans are living longer and life expectancy rose to 78.8 years in 2011. Once reaching age 65, one can expect to live 17 years more for all race/sex groups. Statistics indicate that women usually out live men by 5.5 years. The elderly populations will more than double between now and the year 2050, to 80 million. By 2050, the surviving baby boomers will be over the age of 85 (U.S. Census Bureau,

The primary question is whether living longer is a benefit or a disadvantage? Some people want to live longer to influence and mentor more people. Other people want to live longer to spend more time with their families and love ones than they could before. There are, however, some disadvantages to living twice as long. You would have to live with the feeling of being “old” for twice as long as other humans would.

People in America today can expect to live longer than ever before. Once you make it to 65, the data suggest that you can live another 19.3 years, on average.

Fascinating article that you have chosen! As Janice states in her reply, the idea of immortality is no stranger to the theater. Imagine, the longer lives of the mythical vampires but no drinking blood required! I am unsure how I feel about the prolonging of our lives, as people. On one hand, our past history is full of shorter lifespans, but due to advancements in medicine and hygiene practices we continued to live longer like we do today. This may be similar to the times where we all lived to the ripe old-age of thirty, or died during childbirth. On the other hand, it is all just another step forward, and it is

What if there was a cure for aging? Never get old and living for a long period of time? What if there was a medical technique for you to inject yourself and add 50 years or so to live. The only way you could die would be either a disease, car accident or by your own choice. You would get a chance to detect how much the world changes over time. An unlimited time to earn as much money as you want. Even get a great education! You could be 20 when you get the “never aging” shot and stay 20 while you can attend to a 4 four college and be someone important at the age of 20. Doesn’t that sound great?

If someone closes their eyes and imagine if someone discovered a formula that would enable us to live forever. What would it feel like to live forever? The “Fountain of Youth” was a desire that people died trying to find. The “Fountain of Youth” is a place people tried to uncover in the sixteenth century. The myth claimed that one drink from the fountain would make you immortal. This formula would ruin the generations to come in America. Immorality would be a curse to this great nation.

In the final chapter of Life ascending, Nick Lane explains that we will not live forever; we can prolong our lives and our diseases caused by aging but we will all meet the four horsemen. His reasoning has multiple points of support:

I want to live for about 80 years and per the longevity test, I will apparently live for 92 years. That seems a very high number to me. I am not unhappy about it and it is rather a good thing which shows that I am following a pretty healthy lifestyle. There were certain factors on the test which helped me understand the importance of healthy life style, though. For an example, I tried to use different numbers in weight column. And what I noticed was, as soon as my BMI fell into recommended category my age was increased by 2 years. The other thing was if we get blood pressure checked regularly it increases our lifespan by 3 years. I expected for life span to increase by a year but 3 years is motivating. I knew stress can lower the lifespan

Condorcet (1979) wrote “man will not become immortal, but cannot the span constant increase between the moment he begins to live and the time when naturally, without illness or accident, he finds life a burden”.

sure if there are any documented cases of immortality but being a believer of holistic medicine and acupuncture I can see the benefits herbs in my life today.