Robert Anton Wilson Quotes

Transhumanists are not fond of death. We would stop it if we could. To this end, we support research that holds out hope of a future in which humanity has defeated death.

If I could time travel into the future, my first port of call would be the point where medical technology is at its best because, like most people on this planet, I have this aversion to dying.

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.

All of us have the same thing coming - death. It's waiting. But I don't want to go. I want to live to be 102!

Some people believe that you should die, and some people think dying is a nuisance. I'm one of the latter. So I think we should get rid of death.

I want to live until they find a cure for dying.

There are some people that are trying to cure death, this tech immortality... That seems mentally ill.

I don't want to live forever through my work. I want to live forever by not dying.

The point is, as death gets closer - what's so wrong with wanting someone you love to live forever?

To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being.

I like looking at a future where we're expanding our creativity and brightening our lives. I believe that eventually we'll get to a point where we'll be able to live indefinitely through our technology.

What I'm after is not living to 1,000. I'm after letting people avoid death for as long as they want to.

I don't intend to die.

I don't have a fear of aging or a fear of death.

I don't expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.

I intend to live forever. So far, so good.

Science is telling us that the reason people die is not because some god said so or because the laws of nature mandate it. People always die because of technical problems. And every technical problem has, in principle, a technical solution.

I don't think it is about stalling or curing: it's about reversing. Curing gives you the impression of immortality. Stalling gives you the impression that you'll be 85 forever, which is not great.

if you want to achieve immortality, see what you can do about getting yourself turned into a Pentagon program.

What does it mean to die when you can live until the end of the world?

Failure to die is always appreciated.

One plays at being immortal and after a few weeks one doesn't even know whether or not one can hang on till the next day.

I am so fascinated with this century it will help keep me alive. I'll be there until the last minute, fighting.

Human life is limited but I would like to live forever.

How much does a man live, after all?/ Does he live a thousand days, or one only? For a week, or for several centuries?/ How long does a man spend dying?/ What does it mean to say 'for ever'?