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immortality

vr.tr.immortality · XCT.QLT

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.

Thing Registry Cross-cutting context

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

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

aptitude

is contrasted with - the human condition

mortality

is pursued through - in science and speculation

life extension

appears in - as an early quest

Epic of Gilgamesh

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

digital immortalityimmortality in Islamimmortality in fictionChristian mortalismnigh-absolute immortality

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.

  1. What is immortality, and how does it differ from longevity, life extension and resurrection? definition
  2. Is the question about religion, philosophy, science, technology or fiction? boundary

Senses

Senses.

Senses

Senses.

  1. What are immortality of the soul, Christian mortalism, biological immortality, digital immortality and fictional immortality? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific sense? action
Religion Religion and philosophy.

Attribution.

Religion

Religious teachings.

Religion

Religion.

  1. How do Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism and other traditions teach immortality, as they state it? provenance
  2. Is the presentation respectful and attributed? boundary

Philosophy

Philosophy.

Philosophy

Philosophy.

  1. How do philosophers treat immortality and personal identity, from Plato to Williams and Parfit, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance
Science Science and technology.

Science.

Biology

Biology of ageing.

Biology

Biology.

  1. What do biology and gerontology say about ageing, negligible senescence and limits to lifespan, with findings attributed? provenance
  2. Is the user asking for medical or supplement advice, which the model does not give? boundary

Digital

Digital immortality.

Digital

Digital.

  1. What is digital immortality, and how speculative is mind uploading, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Which entry fits mind uploading? action
Context Culture.

Context.

Fiction

Fiction.

Fiction

Fiction.

  1. How does fiction from Gilgamesh to modern fantasy treat immortality and its degrees? provenance
  2. Which entry fits immortality in fiction? action

Ethics

Ethics.

Ethics

Ethics.

  1. What ethical debates surround radical life extension, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. 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?