The Abbey in the Oakwood. Caspar David Friedrich. Religious beliefs are less and less common. However, the void has not remained unfilled.
In a time of decreasing identification with religion, we explore how some individuals outsource their need for escapism to theories and technologies emerging in the realm of physics.
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Female bust the big ear. (1907). Painting by Picasso. As we grow older, our ears and nose sag and appear larger due to a loss of elasticity. Perhaps biological immortality will require we all grow less self-conscious about our facial features (or otherwise turn to plastic surgery en masse).
Many biological scientists have made it their life’s mission to extend the biological limitations on line span. What I had once derided as escapist to the core, I now admit that efforts to extend life span do not differ greatly from treatments designed to prevent premature death.
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