Resolution 1.2: Don’t oxidize.
Purslane and Swiss chard, two superfoods that contain lovely antioxidants, are available locally as alusiman (or kulasiman) and kaylan, respectively. Look for them in your neighborhood markets and in Chinatown.
There are fashion victims, and then there is our friend Guy Smiley, science victim and antioxidant junkie (Is that an oxymoron?). “Blame it on the biggest evolutionary oversight!” he declared. “The by-product of sustaining life is aging. Dang mitochondria. Wait, maybe that’s what intelligent design means.”
If only evolution had gone for immortality over sexual reproduction. See what we humans have given up for sex. Those of us who don’t reproduce should live forever! It’s only fair.
Idea for science-fiction story: Humans discover that they are immortal. . .as long as they don’t have sex. What to choose, what to choose.
Essay question: Would you rather have Sex or Immortality?
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
January 4th, 2009 at 22:37
Immortality doesn’t appeal much to me unless this means the people I love most in the world will also choose immortality over sex. Somehow, I don’t think most of them will. (posted from http://www.thesecuriousdays.com)
January 4th, 2009 at 23:49
The difference between life and living is largely defined by the pleasures we pursue.
Go out with a bang.
January 5th, 2009 at 01:28
Sex. Definitely. (I assume this includes self-gratification?)
January 5th, 2009 at 02:11
“Immortality. Take it, it’s yours!”, as Brad Pitt told his fellow Greek warriors in “Troy”. I would love to live forever to see the rise and fall of past and future civilizations, their strength, weaknesses, their technology, their history, what makes them superior or inferior to other races, and learn how too much sex has caused their downfall in the first place (think Soddom and Gommorah). Humans mimic the life cycle of a butterfly: they are born, they feed voraciously, they grow, they eat some more, then they surround themselves with all the cocoons of vanity and possessions; then when the butterfly emerges, it takes flight in search of endless sex and reproduction, knowing that in a matter of weeks, they will die. I would love to be alive a hundred years from now when immortal men like me finally discover another earth like paradise somewhere out there and start a new life as immortal beings. Think of the benefits: no need for sex, food, water, medicine,pride, money, material possessions, relationships, etc. In other words, perfect beings! Come to think of it, weren’t we designed by God (as Adam) to be immortal beings? That is, until Eve (representing carnal desire) and that dang serpent (representing either choice or free will, take your pick) came along, then things started falling apart. And then WE all had to die. Bummer.
January 5th, 2009 at 05:57
why, sex of course.
January 5th, 2009 at 10:29
Both, I think, are overrated. But I’d still choose sex simply because I can’t wrap my head around the thought of not getting laid FOREVER.
January 5th, 2009 at 10:41
Seriously? Youre considering living forever in this world?
Sex, in a heartbeat. And be glad we’re not salmon.
January 5th, 2009 at 13:02
that would depend on the conditions for the question.
if choosing immortality meant that you could not die even if you wanted to, then no matter what the other conditions are, i choose sex. [anything that follows assumes this condition is not true]
if choosing sex meant that you would die immediately afterward, then i choose immortality.
if choosing immortality meant that you lost any desire for sex, then i choose immortality.
but based on your sci-fi story idea, it sounds like you’re operating under the conditions that the people’s bodies do not begin to deteriorate until one has had sex, and that the person does not die immediately after having sex (or else they would not have time to reproduce) but is able to live a full life (e.g. up to age 90). under these conditions, it is not so much a choice between immortality and sex, but rather a decision of when one should decide to have sex, if ever. (and then of course one would have to be a bit more specific on the definition of sex. as with anything, sex has loopholes).
but given your sci-fi story idea scenario, i think it would be a good idea to go maybe hundreds of years without sex before settling down and aging and eventually dying. i would use the time to make money, learn as much as i can, and perhaps invest in meeting a like-minded mate (difficult to do without sex, perhaps, but oh well).
January 5th, 2009 at 13:54
I will have sex and I will die eventually. That’s good enough for me.
January 5th, 2009 at 17:38
immortality. because you can’t miss what you never had. wait. did i just indirectly tell you i’m a virgin? hmm.
January 5th, 2009 at 20:12
Sex, but only if I get to choose who with and how often.
January 5th, 2009 at 23:15
immortality of course. by then, i’ll have all the time to figure out how to get laid.
January 7th, 2009 at 06:50
SEX!!! who wants to live forever???
January 7th, 2009 at 21:15
SEX!! immortality would be torture if i just think of sex all the time without having one hah. plus if i’d live too long i will surely be preoccupied with what its like to die anyway….