immortality

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How long do you want to live? It is not surprising that no one gave me the answer: 1000 years, or, forever. Because we all know death is human faith.But today I want to tell you: Immortality can soon be reality.There’s no doubt that we’re living longer than previous generations. 100 years ago, the average human life span was 30 years. Today, we extend it to almost 70 years. So it is reasonable to ask: How much more can human life span increase?Over 4000 years ago, a Sumerian king seeks eternal life. 500 years ago, Spanish explorer Ponce de León searched for the Fountain of Youth to cure his aging. With the development of technology, the desire for immortality is no longer blind. Certain scientists, futurists have theorized about the immortality of the human body. And, Futurist Ray Kurzweil gives us a number, he says that human will be immortal in the next 90 years. That is to say, the young generation on the earth will never die.Want to live forever? Then follow me, I will introduce 3 highly possible ways for you to be physically immortal.
The 3 ways can be summarized as 3 C’s:
Cell youth eternity
Cybernetics
Cryonics
So, let’s turn to the first C: Cell youth eternity.
Cell youth eternity
A. Moral cells are born to live and die.
[Cells are like human being, mortal, they are born by other cells and they die.]
1. Cells are born by cell division.
a. Cell division is the process by which a cell divides into two or more cells.
b. Cell division is like women giving birth to children.
2. Cells die of cell division.
[Like women can not give birth to children at old ages. Cells can not divide themselves forever. When they can not divide, they die.]
a. Cell division is controlled by a specific region on gene called telomeres, which is ca...

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...er all our memory to a computer, live like Neo in the move the matrix. Or even copy our memory to another brain, be Jake Sully in the movie avatar.
[And, the most exciting part is, cryonics is not a surmise.]
b. There are over 250 people preserved in this way and 1,000 who signed up for it. If you want to join them, be prepared for a price tag of $200,000 for a whole-body preservation.

CONCLUSION

I. Though there are still many unknowns about the mystery of immortality. There are much uncertainty about the predictions of eternal life. We should be clear that human are persistently making their way to immortality, and, we have seen the light in dark.
II. Remember the 3 C’s of human immortality? They are:
A. Cell youth eternity
B. Cybernetics
C. Cryonics
III. What we can do now is treasure ourselves, extend our lifespan till the day human immortality come true.

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