If people lived a lot longer/forever
When do you think the next major jump in extending people's lives beyond the current 120 or so maximum we seem to have will come?
| 0% (0) | Never | |
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| 12% (1) | In under 10 years | |
| 25% (2) | In under 20 years | |
| 12% (1) | In under 50 years | |
| 50% (4) | Over 50 years away |
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If you could be healthy and feel young, would you want to live much longer than what's reasonable to assume you will by today's standards?
| 62% (5) | Of course | |
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| 12% (1) | No way | |
| 25% (2) | Maybe |
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Who do you think would be advantaged by any longevity discoveries scientists come up with in the future?
| 50% (4) | The rich, as always...first the really rich, then the average people in rich countries | |
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| 37% (3) | Everyone eventually | |
| 0% (0) | The extremely rich only | |
| 12% (1) | Only a select few, it would likely be kept a secret from the rest of us |
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What sort of mindset would you expect a person who knows they and many others will live hundreds of years or more would have?
| 25% (2) | Same as if they were going to live much less | |
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| 50% (4) | Much more environmentally/socially conscious | |
| 62% (5) | Much more greedy and power/money hungry | |
| 12% (1) | Careful to the point of being paranoid and annoying by our standards |
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Do you think scientific/artistic/etc. advances would be helped by people living much longer than they do now?
| 75% (6) | Yes. People could be well educated and productive for many more years. | |
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| 25% (2) | No. People wouldn't be inspired to be any more productive than if they had shorter lives. There would be the same people progressing and the same not for a long time. |
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Which of the following would be key to avoid a lot of the possible troubles that might come along with having immortal/near immortal people?
| 62% (5) | Changing people to be more tolerant of others, more sharing and co-operative to avoid wars | |
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| 37% (3) | Making people physically smaller so there are enough resources and there is enough space for the amount of people we'd soon have | |
| 50% (4) | A ban on having children if you're immortal, or an agreement to give up your immortality if you want to have some |
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If some people were immortal, what kind of traits might they develop?
| 87% (7) | Apathy for life, maybe even hate living | |
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| 25% (2) | Extreme understanding/peace with oneself and surroundings...spiritual, content | |
| 75% (6) | Extreme technological understanding/advancement | |
| 75% (6) | Crazy, hording, greedy, corrupt, powerful, etc. | |
| 50% (4) | Insane in some way or another, in general | |
| 62% (5) | Need for more and more extreme forms of entertainment...using technology beyond our comprehension to just not be bored |
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