Immortality - Immortality in fiction

Immortality (or eternal life) is the concept of existing for a potentially infinite, or indeterminate length, of time. Throughout history, humans have had the desire to live forever. What form an unending or indefinitely-long human life would take, or whether it is even possible, has been the subject of much speculation, fantasy, and debate. Immortality - Definitons of immortality. There exist three main types of immortality (see also 'Concepts of immortality', below): A common concept o ...

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• Immortality - Definitons of immortality
• Immortality - Causes of death
• Immortality - Types of immortality
• Immortality - Physical immortality
• Immortality - Spiritual immortality
• Immortality - Concepts of immortality
• Immortality - Unending existence
• Immortality - Undesirable immortality
• Immortality - When talk of a soul arises
• Immortality - Symbols of immortality
• Immortality - Immortality in fiction
• Immortality - Notes

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Immortal beings and species abound in fiction, especially fantasy fiction, and the meaning of "immortal" tends to vary. Some fictional and mythological beings are completely immortal (or very nearly so) in that they are immune to death by injury, disease and age. Examples include various types of gods and the evil Cthulhu. Sometimes such powerful immortals can only be killed by each other, as is the case with the Q from the Star Trek series. Even if something can't be killed, a common plot device involves putting an immortal be ...

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Immortality, Immortality - Definitons of immortality, Immortality - Causes of death, Immortality - Types of immortality, Immortality - Physical immortality, Immortality - Spiritual immortality, Immortality - Concepts of immortality, Immortality - Unending existence, Immortality - Undesirable immortality, Immortality - When talk of a soul arises, Immortality - Symbols of immortality, Immortality - Immortality in fiction, Immortality - Notes

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Immortality can be divided into two main types: physical and spiritual. Physical immortality is the unending existence of the mind from a physical source such as a brain or computer. Spiritual immortality is unending existence of a person after physical death such as a soul. Immortality - Physical immortality. Technological immortality is the name given to the prospect for much longer life spans made possible by scientific advances in a variety of fields: nanotechnology, emergency room procedures, g ...

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Immortality, Immortality - Definitons of immortality, Immortality - Causes of death, Immortality - Types of immortality, Immortality - Physical immortality, Immortality - Spiritual immortality, Immortality - Concepts of immortality, Immortality - Unending existence, Immortality - Undesirable immortality, Immortality - When talk of a soul arises, Immortality - Symbols of immortality, Immortality - Immortality in fiction, Immortality - Notes

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There are three main causes of death: aging, disease and trauma. Aubrey de Grey, a leading scientist in the field of aging, defines aging as follows: "a collection of cumulative changes to the molecular and cellular structure of an adult organism, which result in essential metabolic processes, but which also, once they progress far enough, increasingly disrupt metabolism, resulting in pathology and death." The current causes of aging in humans are cell loss (without replacement), oncogenic nuclear mutations and epimutations, ce ...

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Immortality, Immortality - Definitons of immortality, Immortality - Causes of death, Immortality - Types of immortality, Immortality - Physical immortality, Immortality - Spiritual immortality, Immortality - Concepts of immortality, Immortality - Unending existence, Immortality - Undesirable immortality, Immortality - When talk of a soul arises, Immortality - Symbols of immortality, Immortality - Immortality in fiction, Immortality - Notes

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Considerations of immortality usually bring to mind the idea of unending existence, a freedom from the concerns of annihilation and death. Often, talk of the immortality of the soul arises in conjunction with talk of immortality. The ideas of science and religion find common goals in the perpetuity of man's existence. Immortality - Unending existence. As a thought experiment, suppose that clinical immortality were possible, in which through advanced life support machinery or similar, the bodily functions o ...

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Immortality, Immortality - Definitons of immortality, Immortality - Causes of death, Immortality - Types of immortality, Immortality - Physical immortality, Immortality - Spiritual immortality, Immortality - Concepts of immortality, Immortality - Unending existence, Immortality - Undesirable immortality, Immortality - When talk of a soul arises, Immortality - Symbols of immortality, Immortality - Immortality in fiction, Immortality - Notes

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