The siren song of Satan; the impetus for the Tower of Babel: Man can forge his own salvation without God.
Ray Kurzweill is an idiot, a conceited idiot.
Kurzweil is extrapolating well beyond known science.
Yes, we ARE learning to live longer. That does not imply there are no limits: we just haven’t found them yet.
For example, what happens when the brain runs out of plasticity for memory storage ??
Do we stop learning and memory just. . .stops ???
He is wrong. By at least an infinite number of years. Unless by “live forever” he is speaking about the afterlife life.
He is wrong. By at least an infinite number of years. Unless by “live forever” he is speaking about the afterlife life.
Robert Anton Wilson (January 18, 1932 – January 11, 2007), was saying this back in the 1970s. Based on the startling medical advances he saw in his lifetime, he was quite sure he would live forever.
Oh well.
I would think that somebody as supposedly connected to current trends would have heard of the Affordable Care Act.
I suspect that within 40-50 years, or less, average life expectancy will actually decline. Euthanasia has already become acceptable in certain circles. It will soon see widespread legalization, and then widespread practice.
The concept of immortality does not square with the culture of death.
They can't tell the difference between human beings and machines. This is nerdism in the extreme.