RE: Transhumanism & The Torture of Immortality
I think you are asserting a connection between enhancing human bodies with technology and seeking and more importantly expecting immortality without demonstrating or at least explaining why that is the case. In a way you are substituting the variety of reasons people might be fascinated by the idea with an unreasonable conviction that immortality is inevitable. You are basically debating a belief or an attitude that is marginal at best.
On the other hand, I kind of agree with your second idea, that given enough time, existence itself will become a boring chore. If I had the option for avoiding death for as long as I wanted, I wouldn't mind giving it shot. You always have suicide as a way out, right?
Just as a curious but not really relevant counter-example, I have a friend that has already survived decades on Pizza Margarita almost exclusively and a baked potato or two from time to time. I'm not talking about just the same pizza every day, but the exact same pizza from the exact same place every meal. He is forced to eat other stuff from time to time for health or practical reasons, but if it was up to his preferences alone, it would be pizza every single time. A few decades later (which is of course nothing compared to eternity) he doesn't seem to be slowing down or getting bored or tired of eating the exact same food. He thinks he's found the perfect thing to eat and has already enjoyed it thousands of times.
I agree with your criticism. But oh boy, I can't picture a human being eating the same thing for years.
Right! I really have no clue how he keeps it up without getting absolutely fed up with it and I actually have no clue how he stays healthy either. I guess a pizza Margarita actually has pretty much everything you need for a balanced diet... who knew :P
until it doesn't. I don't think so. he is eating other things as well
I wasn't serious about that, I was trying to make a joke, obviously unsuccessfully. I already mentioned that he eats other stuff sometimes because he too realizes that this type of diet has zero chance of being healthy and even sustainable on its own. The fascinating thing is that if it was up to him and there were no health implications , he would really stick to this food item exclusively.
answering too many comments. Got me caught up I guess.
It happens, not a big deal at all. Also the quality of my "joke" surely helped the confusion :P