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I've decided on a quest that I'm going to dedicate my life to. EVERLASTING LIFE. Yes, longevity. Not immortal (that's impossible) but certainly very, very long life. Like 2000+ years.

Currently I'm a biochemistry major. I'm going to add on Computer Science.

So what does /sci/ think of my goal?

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>> No.3040969

>Life goal is immortality

>Achieve goal

>Infinite life with no more purpose

>Depression

>> No.3040982

>>3040969
>infinite time to synthesize infinite Prozac

>> No.3040991

Join the club. It's already a very established field and I recently saw a Scientist on the Beeb claiming that he estimates 30-50 years before technology that reverses the aging process of cells, and indefinitely keeps them at a youthful age, is available.

>> No.3041006

Do it so I don't have to

>> No.3041151

"I plan to live forever, of course, but barring that I'd settle for a couple thousand years. Even five hundred would be pretty nice."

>>3040991
if you want to change the behavior of every cell you pretty much have to rewrite dna and rna, which means you can genetically engineer any other mutation ha. Anyhow if there was a predictable way to come closer to longevity, those with power would do anything to make it happen. I wouldn't been so optimistic about the dates or the possibility of applying new methods to already born people.

>> No.3041170

That'd be pretty cool, I could listen to Pavement and smoke pot for like 2,000 years.

>> No.3041177

While you do that, i'll take those same classes and make myself a killing machine.

Then I will hunt down high class immortals who keep their products to themselves to rule over those who gave them their power.

>> No.3041190

>>3041170

When the storage capacity of your brain starts running out time will start moving faster.

Eventually the weed will grow faster than you can consume it.

>> No.3041201

>>3041170
and it would feel like 20,000 years

>> No.3041205

>>3041190

>implying an excess of weed is even close to a bad thing

>>3041201

awwwwwww, yeahhhhh

>> No.3041208

>>3041177
what about the ones that just keep to themselves

>> No.3041225

>>3041205

>moar like 420,000 year, amirite?

>> No.3041255

>>3041177

Someone needs to write that sci fi trilogy

>> No.3041256

>>3040991

Any names? Links? Institutions? Sounds like an interesting read

>> No.3041276

Hell I would be happy with 120 years with slow cognitive growth.

>> No.3041291

>implying you'll get to use everlasting life even if you invent it
only multimllionaires and higher will be able to use it

>> No.3041354

>>3041291

Unless they kept it secret people would wage outright war for any guarantee on everlasting life.

And keeping it a secret would be pretty damn hard, this isn't something which can be done in a secret with a couple scientists viably.

>> No.3041374

>>3041256
http://www.hplusmagazine.com/articles/forever-young/manhattan-beach-project-end-aging-2029

http://www.sens.org/sens-research/research-themes

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3329065877451441972#

http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101128/full/news.2010.635.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/nov/28/scientists-reverse-ageing-mice-humans

>> No.3041605

What should I major in?

>> No.3041622

>>3041605
Molecular biologist/Geneticist

>> No.3041631
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3041631

Every bright eyed science major comes into college think "I will major in 5 different subjects and be the greatest scientist of all time".

Then they realize studying one is hard enough.

If you can pull it off more power to you, but it will be very tough.

as for the immortality aspirations, welcome home, fellow singularitarian.

>> No.3041633

BMB here.
OP together we shall join minds and make this a reality.

>> No.3042462

Me too, am always excited about longevity.

But.
I will get rich instead of being a science.
I will make few companies and be billionaire.
aigh?