Man's Quest For Immortality Presentation

IMMORTALITY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfTqXL0d9Ls

5 Steps to prolonging life, leading to immortality
1) Eat a healthy diet.
2) Be active everyday.
3) Take supplements such as vitamins or iron supplements, anything to keep your body's needs in check and balanced
4) Take good care of your body's parts that could be susceptible to early deterioration and your entire body in general. Don't over exert yourself very often, don't get too lazy though. Keep that healthy balance between the two.
5) Cyronics: This is the use of technology to either live longer, forever, or even bring back the dead. Freezing yourself is thought to be a possible way to be able to do these things. (freezing is done by injecting a solution into your system that will preserve your insides; a little like formaldehyde)

I've discovered that some people believe immortality to really happen someday, maybe even within the next 10,000 years, due to advanced technology and newly found knowledge. However, there are some who think that immortality will never be obtainable to any of us. The people who strive for this goal may have a fear of death or maybe they are just driven to do something that has, for years, been considered impossible.

Presentation

"Mad, perhaps insane, he tried to bring Enkidu back to life to end his bitterness, his fear of death. His life became a quest to find the secret of eternal life which he might carry back to give his friend" (Mason, pg. 55).
The quote above describes Gilgamesh's objective or reason for desiring immortality. Today people desire immortality for almost the same reasons as Gilgamesh does. There are three main reasons why people seek immortality: a fear of death, time, and to do what has always been said to be impossible. The biggest common element is fear of death, which ties right into Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh is afraid of dying and being forgotten. The same goes for people today. The fear is caused by the thought that one day you will simply stop breathing, you will no longer exist, at least not in life. Although we don't know when we will die, we plan on having a long time before we die. This still isn't reassuring, though, because people know that time will run out eventually. People want to have endless time; time to waste, time to do countless things they've always wanted to do. With a time limit on our life span, we begin to feel rushed, pressured to do the things we want before our time runs out. Another reason people want immortality is because it is said to be impossible. To achieve what is thought to be impossible would be a great accomplishment, a tremendous achievement for people. People desire this success.

1) fear of death
2) running out of time
3) attain the impossible