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Jul 07, 2017 04:29PM
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Yes, I do know that, I watched a few videos and read some books about them, though I was thinking of their age reversal as when you are near-death you go back to being adult again instead of baby, or just stopping re-aging when you want to get to a certain age.
Well, the baby idea is based on the idea of a direct translation between the effects, going back to our earliest stage of life, though I suppose that would technically be a fetus... Like I said though, I feel it would be used on a cellular level, or at least that that would be the goal. If it was done that way then you'd never have to age in the first place as your cells would regenerate at an enhanced rate. I'm sure that once we reach that point we would also have developed something that would null the effect in the case that someone wants to die. This would probably be optimal since it would also be a massive movement in creating a cure for countless diseases! Otherwise, you'd suffer right up until death and then resurrect. This does, however, bring up the question of how this would change our lifestyles. Would it make us metabolise food faster? Would we need to consume greater amounts of nutrients? If so how would this affect the world? What happens when a cell is fully removed from the body (In this case, the full return to an adult that you mentioned would likely be best, but chemically I'm not sure how that would work)? How exactly would we make this happen, would it be an injection, a surgery or another means? It's a complex idea, however, in theory, it could be revolutionary for the course of history, but I would be content knowing how it would affect the world, I don't really care if I live to that point in time.
Well, if it goes like you said, to a fetus then it would kind of be death in a way, for when you die you have another life waiting for you, with death comes rebirth, that's why people are said to have lived several lives before this one. And then there's overpopulation, if we're going to have babies. There are consequences to immortality if everyone wants it.
Precisely why I mentioned the effects on the rest of the world, resource allocation would be ridiculous and life would get very difficult. I've had similar conversations in the past and it all ended up forcing Katie to imagine something infinitely small and giving numerical values to different forms of infinity... Very confusing if I may say so myself. Anywho, I don't think to revert back to the age of which you were in your prime, or all the way back to a fetus would work as that would be complete and utter bodily reconstruction, however, I won't completely discount it as I do suppose that is technically what the jellyfish are doing. Still, my preferred method would be cellular restoration, it would be the most practical unless you are murdered you likely won't need a full resurrection. I say this, but when immortality makes life difficult that may very well become the case, riots would likely break out and such, but that reaches into the political sphere of effects. It's a highly complex topic as you'd be able to go into so much detail about so many things and create an almost endless number of theories as to what would happen.
I'm in France now, it's early in the morning, but Luca woke me up... I have yet to be told what we're doing today, but I'll post it at the end of the day! The plane ride was nice Teddy wasn't being a pest. It's funny how much he and I both love and despise each other... In truth, he and I know each other better than just about anyone else so regardless of how much we bother each other at times we really do get along very well! I of all people ended up falling asleep, and now my sleep schedule is a mess because of it... Who am I kidding, I could take an hour long nap and it would equate to my usual night's sleep. Anywho, I'll post my daily activities later today! Au revoir!
The weather was rather unforgiving... Luckily we did still get to do things, we went out to eat for dinner, I finally got to have a proper bouillabaisse for the first time in forever! My grandmother has somehow fit even more roses in her garden, it's truly beautiful, I'm still not sure how she maintains that garden at her age, but whatever miracle elixir is giving her this vitality please, permit me to have some! Teddy and Luca refuse to tell me what they did with our grandfather while our grandmother and I went through the rose garden... I fear that they may be plotting something and I don't trust them enough to not keep my eye out for whatever their scheme may be... or at least I don't trust Teddy enough, Luca is trustworthy and my grandfather just likes having something to do so you never know with him. Tomorrow We'll get to go swimming since the weather should be cleared up, bu tother than that my grandparents want to surprise us with each day's events so I'll continue to update with the day's adventure when I can! Anywho it's rather late so I'm going to try and go to sleep, bonne nuit!
"Les Calanques" are so beautiful! I wish I lived close to something like them. They are the big gorgeous beaches with the bluest waters I have ever seen! Luca lives in Marseilles as well, opposite to my grandparents, but still, he gets to go there so often... Oh, how I miss living in France... We went out for lunch and I helped my grandparents with dinner, those two are spectacular chefs, I adore their cooking, it's spectacular! Teddy ate most of the food, I'm not sure how he fits so much inside his stomach... We also got to see the cathedral there as well, it's truly an architectural masterpiece it's been around since the 1800's.
For those who don't' know:
This is one of the "Calanques": http://www.traveltour.fr/sites/defaul...
This is the Cathedral: https://images.fineartamerica.com/ima...
Ooh, what part of France? I've never been there but it looks so beautiful in pictures
Marseilles, it's an old port city in the South of France. It's actually one of the most famous cities in all of France, it has the second highest population in the country second to, of course, Paris. It's a beautiful city and it's great for any seafood lovers since it's known for its seafood. You can buy fresh fish at the port from a "poissonnerie". Poissonnerie is just a fancy French word for a fish store. The city is beautiful if at any point you ever get a chance to visit it I would highly recommend it! My mum grew up here, I wish she'd have come along, but I suppose she does have a busy schedule. She grew up with the fresh fish so she usually complains about how fish anywhere else just lacks a certain something.
Ooohh, I love seafood! The place sounds amazing! I'd love to visit it! Even though I don't know French
You'd likely be fine, in school in France you have the option to take English so chances are that there would be the odd person who'd speak decent enough English, besides, most of the French you'd need as a tourist would be pretty minimal. Basic phrases along with where is the bathroom is basically all you need. I can vouch for the fact that it is amazing though, I love coming here, it's always an enjoyable time, however, some of the streets are narrow, so in the words of the French teacher at my school, "You must fight for your place on the roads!"
Today was a relaxing day, my grandparents took Teddy out to do stuff, Luca felt sick and he and I get along really well so I said I'd stay with him in case he needed anything. We had a nice day though, we watched movies, had conversations and eventually, he fell asleep and then I fell asleep (Hence the reason I'm still awake, I had an energy boost.) and so we both had nice naps, but I still woke up first. I spent some time outside in the garden which, again, is gorgeous and immaculately kept. I've also learnt that Luca has crushes on more people than I can count... I thought he had told me about all of them but was I ever mistaken... It's like asking Taylor Swift to list all of her exes... Anywho, we had tea and biscuits with a massive bowl of fruit (We shared the fruit) and watched Les Choristes. They brought back dinner for us, My grandmother also came back with some ray ban sunglasses, a turtle neck sweater and a diamond necklace for herself, you go grandma! She's adorable, I love how eccentric she is it's amazing, it's to the point where even all her door handles are real crystal.
Well, it's a touch late, but I guess I'll say what I did yesterday now! We went to Les Baux de Provence (The village Teddy and lived in when we still lived in France.) for the day! We got to see the caves, something I wish I still lived near... The music and the art in them are just enchanting, it's honestly spectacular despite the number of times I've been there in the past. Oddly enough I still know my way around the entire place regardless of the fact that I haven't lived there for years now. Sometimes I look back and question the fact that I basically lived on the edge of a cliff... Oh well, it was a pretty cliff so it doesn't matter! In truth though, it was very nostalgic, Teddy took the time to hunt down our old house and a few places he remembered well, it was really cute (And yes, I'm saying that about my brother who is basically the same age as me, he was being freaking adorable, deal with it.) and he ended up choosing where we went for lunch. It all felt smaller, though I suppose it's all relative. Luca fell asleep on me on the ride back home which meant that I was very still and silent the entire ride so that he wouldn't wake up... That's a very cruel thing to do to someone with insomnia... Sleeping on me is not okay unless I'm already! It was sweet in all honesty though, it's nice to know he's still comfortable enough with me to do that. Anywho, my day was filled with childhood memories, but I'm going to try and fall back to sleep! It probably won't work, but oh well, I always try despite how hopeless it may be and that's not going to change today!
I'm back home! Yay! Sadly I ate shrimp yesterday and I still feel slightly sick... I'm going to miss my grandparents and Luca, but Luca finally got a phone so now he can text and call me, Yay! I used to have to call the home phone they had and he for some reason hates his home phone with a vehement passion often times he'd say hi and then leave. It confuses me, I remember how when he was little he would try to hide it so no one could find it. He and I were and, in all honesty, still are best friends, but when we were little we were thoroughly convinced we were married. We were told that you marry someone you love and we thought "Oh! We love our family and we get along very well so we must get married!" and so from ages three to six he and I were a dedicated married couple. Alas, we got divorced when we realised how marriage actually worked. In other words, I get to talk to him all the time now, hooray!
Best friend Hierarchy:
1) Luca
2) Teddy
3) Leon & Cassidy (1st excluding family)
Also, today there is a grandiose storm and I'm terrified of storms! Soooooo much delightful fun... Why must Teddy be asleep in this precise moment, I need to use him as a human shield to block any oncoming lightning bolts... "Awaken from your dormant slumber brother and become my mighty bulwark! Oh? What's that? You want me to listen to music, close the curtains and tune it out? Good idea!"
