@HeliaXyana my 10yo said "immortality would be bad, because when the earth gets destroyed you'll end up floating in space, suffocating and freezing, but unable to die"

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@Bern

Ah, very true. So, the question is, are you curious enough about the end of reality to face such a scenario? I'm certainly not.

Being a bit of a pessimist, I wouldn't even dare to pick the 1000 years option. Our planet is such a fragile little dot in space. But I am curious enough to risk the 500 years option, I think.

@HeliaXyana the problem, in my mind, is that you'd end up in a world of strangers who share very little with you in terms of mindset, and possibly even speak a different language (thinking about the differences in spoken English even since the time of Shakespeare).

We are the sum of our experiences, and having grown up in, say, the 1500s, it would be horrifying (to some degree) to live in the early 2000s...

Would you retain the brain plasticity of a child, that let you learn and adapt as the world changed around you? Or would you be like some of the elderly of today who are utterly bamboozled by the very concept of the internet, and struggle to adapt to modern society?

@Bern

Ah, valid concern. If I consider the difference between the world I grew up in and my mother's, I am always very forgiving about any struggle she has comprehending the digital age. I hope I can keep up as well as she has.

Let's say I'm frozen as is, with this mind, it will take some serious dedication to keep up with the changes happening through 500 years. That would be only just achievable, but frustrating.

Just imagine; At least 400 years of struggling to open a PDF attachment...