Re: society\'s reaction to \"living forever\"
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By the way, I think the "gov't owes me health care" mentality is silly, but it's pretty ingrained in society at the moment so I don't see it going anywhere anytime soon.
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What's silly is the "I think people think the gov't owes them health care" mentality. That's not the argument people make, not even close. It's, "society would be better if the government provided health insurance".
Also, assuming we're talking about the USA here, if legislators get all paranoid about scientists playing god with stem cells, cloning, etc., they're going to ban this for sure.
Finally, the real problem will either be
1) if it becomes widespread, getting people to adjust their lifestyles to almost never having kids, lest the population skyrocket, or
2) if it doesn't become widespread, trying to maintain a stable society when the immortals effectively become a different species.
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