In this episode we talk about mortality vs immortality in the following contexts:

• Why do we want to be immortal (through religious beliefs)?
• Humans vs. non-human animals
• Why do we feel the desire to be remembered?
• What are all the kinds of immortality?
• If we believe we are just going to become worm food are we better able to live life to the fullest?

Here are some references:

BSG reference: “In our civil war, we’ve seen death. We watched our people die. Gone forever. As terrible as it was, beyond the reach of the Resurrection Ships, something began to change. We could feel a sense of time. As if each moment held its own significance. We began to realize that for our existence to hold any value it must end. To live meaningful lives we must die, and not return. The one human flaw, that you spend your lifetimes distressing over—mortality—is the one thing… well, it’s the one thing that makes you whole.” – From the Episode “Guess what’s coming to dinner”.

Robert Pogue Harrison: “Nonhuman species obey only the law of vitality, but humanity in its distinctive features is through and through necrocratic.” The Dominion of the Dead, Preface, ix.

Plato the squid: “squish, squirt, squish squish”

Making a difference: http://www.physical-immortality-now.com/physical-immortality-in-earth.html

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