Immortality?

[wowhaxor]

Can't tell if thread is trolling or not?

You're saying your heart stops and you "come back". This sounds more like something that could eventually lead to death rather than being immortal -- but hey nice optimism

I'm not trolling, it's a true story. I don't really think I'm immortal either though. Just trying to get my shit together haven't gotten high in a week now and been feeling really reflective lately. I'm getting old and something got to give...

Anyways thanks guys I'm done here. Have gotten private contact from others that are in the same situation/also possibly immortal as well as an explanation from one guy why some of us have this and his story is very alike to mine. So thanks, BHW always provides the knowledge I need.

 

[Dilettante]

Hello,

So lately I've been thinking that I might be immortal. I've died 4 times in the last couple years and I seem to just like come back in less than 10 minutes (although one time was an overdose and the medics hit me with narcan so that time doesn't count obviously since there's a medical explanation). Like no breathing or heart rate or anything then I just kind of "wake up", it really freaks people out its varied from trauma being inflicted and accidents to drug overdose.

WTF?

Seriously, it's a joke?

If it's not a joke, there is a easy solution: find a bridge, and jump. If you are immortal, you won't die. If you aren't, ... well you will have learnt to fly.

And if you want to read an interesting things: read that book:
The Holographic Universe: The Revolutionary Theory of Reality by Michael Talbot.

It could interest you. Not really about immortality, but ...

 

[Alpha.]

Life is a gamble, so far the odds were okay for you. I once met a guy who had been shot 16 times and yet was still alive and more or less unharmed (bodily, mentally he was slightly shaky). He'd come back as the last survivor of his unit TWICE, so go figure. Nice guy though.

Anyway, as long as you don't actively seek death - you'll do fine.

 

[CoolAdvisor]

Man wakes up at his funeral:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...wakes-up-at-his-funeral-in-egypt-7742041.html

 

[Banned member 185991]

So lately I've been thinking that I might be immortal. I've died 4 times in the last couple years and I seem to just like come back in less than 10 minutes (although one time was an overdose and the medics hit me with narcan so that time doesn't count obviously since there's a medical explanation). Like no breathing or heart rate or anything then I just kind of "wake up", it really freaks people out its varied from trauma being inflicted and accidents to drug overdose.

Now I'm not saying I'm invincible I'm sure if I got my head cut off I'd be done.

Anyways I tried googling it but either nobody knows about this or they keep it to themselves cause all I could find was some idiots on Reddit arguing over whether it would be cool or suck to be immortal. Does anyone know of anyone that just like doesn't die when they should? I need more info cause I don't want to get carried away if I really like somehow just have half cat genes so I only have 4.5 lives (9/2=4.5) you know?

You can't be immortal and die 4 times, this is not how it works.

 

[antonjones]

I don't think it's immortality but more so it just not being your time to leave planet earth. I should have 100% died one night in a river but I didn't and for a minute I wondered if I was actually dead.

Good luck OP

 

[Capo Dei Capi]

No breathing and no pulse is not death, it takes some time before death actually comes. Death is when they can't revive you at all using any of the modern but sometimes not allowed to use technologies.

 

[SeoWrecker]

OP is dead already and posting from heaven.

 

[Euphorix]

Moment of honesty:

I'm not sure why everyone accepts death so freely. Roots strain beneath the ground to break surface, humans rage against the dying of the light through medicine, cancer cells multiply fiercely in an effort to remain alive

Perhaps then, death is not natural. Current research points to the fact that death may be similar to the following scenario:

Imagine we all had cancer. Every single species has had cancer since the beginning of time. Because cancer is our normal state we don't even know that cancer can be treated, and thus we are ok being sick. Google Calico and Sens Research Foundation have both stated that aging is not irreversible and that if proper funding was granted towards stopping/ reversing aging we would be able to cure it.

We push insane amounts of money towards diseases caused by aging (Alzheimer's etc.) but if we focused on the root cause of those diseases (the deterioration of the body, otherwise known as aging) we'd be able to completely reverse them. I for one am not excited to die, nor do I plan to

 

[ChanzGrande]

Nothing. Nothing happens one second you're there and the next you're opening your eyes laying on the ground. You don't even remember the last breath or few seconds before it happened at least I don't. I'm inclined to believe those who see a white/bright light are overly religious and want a happy thought to comfort them in a stressful situation but who knows maybe you don't get to see that shit unless you believe in it.

Stop OD'ing man. We need you around here, but I hope you and all your silly friends don't turn into some weird cult. Absolutely none of you are immortal, nor have you ever died. These are simply ridiculous things to assert even if they might be true. You never go full dead.

 

[archon10]

How was that narcan injection? I heard that feels like death for a junkie. I've heard nursing stories of junkies punching them and getting pretty violent.

 

[Dilettante]

Perhaps then, death is not natural. Current research points to the fact that death may be similar to the following scenario:

Imagine we all had cancer. Every single species has had cancer since the beginning of time. Because cancer is our normal state we don't even know that cancer can be treated, and thus we are ok being sick. Google Calico and Sens Research Foundation have both stated that aging is not irreversible and that if proper funding was granted towards stopping/ reversing aging we would be able to cure it.

Animals die. Plants die. Humans die. It's natural.

Why do people want to be immortal? To have more time? Ha ha. They should use their time now, instead of thinking about their time in the future.

And immortality would be boring.

 

[Capo Dei Capi]

Google calico won't be able to do much research, they have to be limited to doing certain ethical and "moral" stuff. If they got caught in a big animal testing scandal to test out theories they would be finished since the entire company would be boycotted.

 

[alemar]

Valar Morghulis

 

[a1z27]

Pewep, is that you?

 

[kumbhak11]

Death has a plan (From the movie FINAL DESTINATION)

 

[CoolAdvisor]

some species are almost immortal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_immortality
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobster#Longevity

Research suggests that lobsters may not slow down, weaken, or lose fertility with age, and that older lobsters may be more fertile than younger lobsters. This longevity may be due to telomerase, an enzyme that repairs long repetitive sections of DNA sequences at the ends of chromosomes, referred to as telomeres. Telomerase is expressed by most vertebrates during embryonic stages but is generally absent from adult stages of life.[13] However, unlike most vertebrates, lobsters express telomerase as adults through most tissue, which has been suggested to be related to their longevity.[14][15][16] Lobster longevity is limited by their size. It requires metabolic energy to moult and the larger the lobster the more energy needed; 10 to 15% of lobsters die of exhaustion during moulting, while in older lobsters moulting ceases and the exoskeleton degrades or collapses entirely leading to death.[17][18]

Lobsters, like many other decapod crustaceans, grow throughout life, and are able to add new muscle cells at each molt.[19] Lobster longevity allows them to reach impressive sizes. According to Guinness World Records, the largest lobster ever caught was in Nova Scotia, Canada, weighing 20.15 kilograms (44.4 lb).

http://io9.com/5414151/near-immortality-within-the-next-20-years-life-extension-scientists-hope-so

We are very close to the tipping point in human longevity... we are about fifteen years away from adding more than one year of longevity per year to remaining life expectancy.

 

[BreaknBrix]

Overdoses are scary. I had a friend take xanax then fent at a party full of drunks and went into a full blown state of anesthesia. Just stooped to the ground and went completely limp. First 2 mins everyone laughs. Then OMG is he breathing? OMG I can't feel his pulse. Wait a minute, his lungs are moving he's fine lol.

That fent shit is scary though. No idea how people take drugs 50 times stronger then heroin.

 

[Capo Dei Capi]

some species are almost immortal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_immortality
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobster#Longevity

http://io9.com/5414151/near-immortality-within-the-next-20-years-life-extension-scientists-hope-so

If you look at their website they look more like a scam than a legit organisation. Which is sad, the majority in immorality research seem to be either crazy promoting false hope or con artists seeking to get money from desperate persons. The few that actually are serious are throttled by various laws all over the world that prevents real research from going on or like I said in previous post a PR issue that could arise. It has to be funded by an organisation or person that makes money with money and not services or products and is willing to do things that are now considered unethical by western world standards.

http://www.maxlife.org/

 

[CoolAdvisor]

If you look at their website they look more like a scam than a legit organisation. Which is sad, the majority in immorality research seem to be either crazy promoting false hope or con artists seeking to get money from desperate persons. The few that actually are serious are throttled by various laws all over the world that prevents real research from going on or like I said in previous post a PR issue that could arise. It has to be funded by an organisation or person that makes money with money and not services or products and is willing to do things that are now considered unethical by western world standards.

http://www.maxlife.org/

my prediction: new discoveries in immortality are coming, it can't be stopped