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Results-Would You Share Immortality?

August 22, 2016by lalancaster 1 Comment

Seven days ago, I asked my readers what they would do if they discovered a “cure” for mortality that would keep people alive (and healthy) indefinitely. I was pretty sure […]

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Immortality, Polls

Would you share immortality?

August 16, 2016by lalancaster 3 Comments

If you discovered a treatment that allowed people to stay alive (and healthy) in their own bodies indefinitely, would you share it? Portions of the novel I’m writing deal with […]

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Culture and Society, Immortality, Polls

Do any cultures not believe in immortality?

August 7, 2016by lalancaster Leave a comment

I visited a cathedral during Semana Santa in Ecuador. I knelt in a buddhist temple in Thailand. Then recently, while staring at the screen trying to find a subject for […]

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Culture and Society, Immortality

How to Be Immortal, Even If You Die

May 7, 2016by lalancaster Leave a comment

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 […]

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Culture and Society, Immortality

Of Grasshoppers and Kindergartners

February 15, 2016by lalancaster Leave a comment

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 […]

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Culture and Society, Immortality

Modern Immortals- Jay Z

November 20, 2015by lalancaster Leave a comment

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 […]

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Culture and Society, Immortality

Immortality and Memory- The Forgetting

October 30, 2015by lalancaster Leave a comment

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 […]

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Culture and Society, Immortality

Modern Immortals: Nicholas Cage

October 8, 2015by lalancaster Leave a comment

In 2011 a photo was placed on ebay. It was a simple picture of an unnamed man taken after the Civil War. According to the seller, it was worth 1 million […]

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Aging, Culture and Society

Human Immortality In Literature

July 9, 2015by lalancaster 2 Comments

People have always dreamed about immortality. The Epic of Gilgamesh, 4,000 years old and thought to be the first work of literature in human history, is the tale of a […]

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Immortality, Writing Science Fiction

An Eternal Student

June 18, 2015by lalancaster Leave a comment

If you would never age and never die, would you ever get tired of living?If you asked me ten years ago, I would have said no. Now I’m not so […]

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Culture and Society, Immortality

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