immortality
Let an agent explain immortality across religious, philosophical, scientific and fictional senses, relay positions from academic and religious sources with attribution, describe scientific research on ageing in general terms, and distinguish immortality from longevity, life extension and resurrection.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain immortality across religious, philosophical, scientific and fictional senses, relay positions from academic and religious sources with attribution, describe scientific research on ageing in general terms, and distinguish immortality from longevity, life extension and resurrection.
The condition of living forever or of not being subject to death, treated in religion as the immortality of the soul, resurrection or eternal life including teachings in Islam and Christianity and minority views such as Christian mortalism, in philosophy as a question of personal identity, in biology as negligible senescence, in technology as speculative digital immortality through mind uploading, and in fiction from Gilgamesh to modern fantasy with degrees such as nigh-absolute immortality.
What it is for: Not applicable; a concept.
It can be explain senses; relay positions; describe research; distinguish related concepts.
Distinguishing features
Cross-domain concept
Religious doctrine
Speculative technology
Fiction trope
What it looks like
Not a visible object; a condition imagined or believed.
Physical character
Turritopsis dohrnii: biologically immortal jellyfish note
oldest verified human: 122 years - Jeanne Calment
How it is recognised
Living forever or not dying
Immortality of the soul, immortality in Islam, Christian mortalism, digital immortality, immortality in fiction, nigh-absolute immortality
Longevity is long life; life extension is delaying death; resurrection is return from death
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is contrasted with - the human condition
is pursued through - in science and speculation
appears in - as an early quest
In practice
Families and kinds
immortality of the soul and eternal life in religions including Islam and Christianity
Christian mortalism and conditionalist views
philosophical treatments of personal identity
biological immortality and negligible senescence
digital immortality and mind uploading as speculation
immortality in fiction including nigh-absolute immortality
Standards and regulation
No regulation; ethics review for ageing research and neurotechnology
Failure modes and hazards
Presenting speculative technology as established
Disrespect toward religious teachings
Agents giving medical or supplement advice
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What immortality is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is immortality, and how does it differ from longevity, life extension and resurrection? definition
- Is the question about religion, philosophy, science, technology or fiction? boundary
Senses
Senses.
Senses
Senses.
- What are immortality of the soul, Christian mortalism, biological immortality, digital immortality and fictional immortality? definition
- Which entry fits the specific sense? action
Religion Religion and philosophy.
Attribution.
Religion
Religious teachings.
Religion
Religion.
- How do Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism and other traditions teach immortality, as they state it? provenance
- Is the presentation respectful and attributed? boundary
Philosophy
Philosophy.
Philosophy
Philosophy.
- How do philosophers treat immortality and personal identity, from Plato to Williams and Parfit, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Science Science and technology.
Science.
Biology
Biology of ageing.
Biology
Biology.
- What do biology and gerontology say about ageing, negligible senescence and limits to lifespan, with findings attributed? provenance
- Is the user asking for medical or supplement advice, which the model does not give? boundary
Digital
Digital immortality.
Digital
Digital.
- What is digital immortality, and how speculative is mind uploading, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits mind uploading? action
Context Culture.
Context.
Fiction
Fiction.
Fiction
Fiction.
- How does fiction from Gilgamesh to modern fantasy treat immortality and its degrees? provenance
- Which entry fits immortality in fiction? action
Ethics
Ethics.
Ethics
Ethics.
- What ethical debates surround radical life extension, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits the ethics of life extension? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should digital immortality and biological immortality be separate primary entries?
- How should religious and scientific sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming religious, technological and fictional senses; should they be split off?