Hungry For Immortality
What do myths tell us about societies and their views on immortality? Most myths imply it’s unattainable or undesirable. Recently, I saw an article on Listverse called 10 mythological ways to become […]
Category Archives: Immortality
Losing Immortality at the Last Second
What is it about a story where the hero loses at the last second? It’s especially common in myths about the human quest for immortality. When I was preparing to […]
Immortality In Pearl Harbor
Tucked in the back corner of the Valor in the Pacific National Monument in Pearl Harbor, is a small origami paper crane in a glass case. The monument is the […]
How to Be Immortal, Even If You Die
One topic I don’t often talk about on this blog because it’s not exactly science fiction, is immortality brought about by fame. We see it from the pyramids to the […]
Of Grasshoppers and Kindergartners
Do all kids go through a phase where they squish bugs for fun? I got my opportunity one summer growing up in Salt Lake City. It was a hot year […]
Modern Immortals- Jay Z
Sometimes a youthful appearance without significant aging and an old picture of a person’s doppelganger is enough to spark rumors of immortality. Sometimes, the person takes actions that feed those claims. That’s […]
Immortality and Memory- The Forgetting
Last week, I discussed photographic memory and whether it exists and it made me think about immortality and memory. I recently asked readers about immortality in general and one of […]
