Tag Archives: immortality

Should we believe in — or even want — immortality?

Should we believe in — or even want — immortality?

Most of these trials are going to fail, Kirkland said. Most trials do. “People should try to be dispassionate, even though everyone has a stake in this game. I mean, every living person does.” I called the biologist Martin Raff, who retired from University College London 20 years ago, when he was not quite 65. […]

Technology that lets us speak to our dead relatives has arrived. Are we ready?

Technology that lets us speak to our dead relatives has arrived. Are we ready?

Scripted bits like this sounded stilted and strange, but as we moved on, with my mother recounting memories and speaking in her own words, “she” sounded far more relaxed and natural.  Still, this conversation and the ones that followed were limited—when I tried asking my mum’s bot about her favorite jewelry, for instance, I got: […]