Considerable Life Extension versus Immortality
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Considerable life extension and three views on the meaning of life.
Picture this. You are having your regular medical checkup, when, all of a sudden, the physician turns to you and says: ‘‘Oh, did I remember to mention that you can now live forever?’’ You look at the doctor enquiringly and she goes on: ‘‘Well, it’s not actual immortality, you know, but they’ve invented this treatment—I don’t have the full details—that stops aging, getting physically older. It m...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nordicum-Mediterraneum
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1670-6242,1670-6242
DOI: 10.33112/nm.7.2.6