Immortality is inevitable

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On two assumptions: As long as humans exist, we will want to live longer. This seems like a natural consequence of neo-Darwinist understanding of evolution. Perhaps there’s a way for genes to replicate without human longevity, but I doubt it. Given indefinite time, technology will tend to improve in the long term. This prediction does not hold up...