tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672880129970799148.post4598321178509499887..comments2023-08-22T07:01:08.590-07:00Comments on Agent Intellect: The Meaning of LifeJim S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15538540873375357030noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672880129970799148.post-55836260359335055972009-10-03T11:19:04.803-07:002009-10-03T11:19:04.803-07:00Hi Noons, thanks for your comment, and sorry to ta...Hi Noons, thanks for your comment, and sorry to take so long to respond.<br /><br />I think your argument would also apply to sickness. Why not let those who have cancer die rather than striving to cure it? Isn't that an attempt to extend the average human life span? Of course you contest this in your comment, but I don't see where a line can be drawn between the two so that curing cancer is good but extending the average lifespan is not.<br /><br />You do have a point about the earth's resources, but that simply means we shouldn't rely solely on the earth for our resources. There are plenty of natural resources available for us in the asteroid belt and elsewhere (Jupiter's moons and atmosphere for example). These resources are available to us <i>now</i>, but we keep dithering around on Earth because we expect to solve the world's problems before spending money off-Earth, which is just unrealistic.Jim S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15538540873375357030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672880129970799148.post-42333069339744913102009-09-28T22:24:20.052-07:002009-09-28T22:24:20.052-07:00Jim,
Hi, it's been a while.
I found your fir...Jim,<br /><br />Hi, it's been a while.<br /><br />I found your first paragraph quite enlightening. I'm going to think on it.<br /><br />I found it when I was reading Quodlibeta, which I do every now and then.<br /><br />I hope everything is going well for you in your PhD. Keeping makin' it happen! =)Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13603877733091813729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672880129970799148.post-11458303159571108492009-09-27T11:27:30.081-07:002009-09-27T11:27:30.081-07:00I also posted this on Quodlibeta.
At any given mo...I also posted this on Quodlibeta.<br /><br />At any given moment on Earth, there are about 3 generations present. If life can be extended several decades, we would have 4 generations on Earth, a lot more people, but the same amount of food, water, etc.<br /><br />Not only that, but what about youth extension? What if you could have the body of a 20 year old for 20 years or more? You could have several kids, watch them grow up, graduate college, all without getting gray hair and wrinkles...and then have more kids! <br /><br />So each generation could produce two generations of offspring, similar to certain animals who mate and give birth every year, only for us it might be 2 or 3 kids, then another 2 or 3 after a 20-year gap.<br /><br />The world's resources would never be able to supply such a large number of people, it would be a disaster.<br /><br />I'm not saying we should stop trying to cure diseases or to pull the plug on granny, but that extending life expectency by several decades should not be a goal.Noonsnoreply@blogger.com