Immortality

High school (ages 12+)
Philosophy & Big Questions

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/immortality

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the speculative technology?Mind uploading proposes transferring consciousness to a digital format for digital immortality
2. What does immortality mean?Immortality is the idea of living forever and never dying. It is a concept that has fascinated people for a long time.
3. How did ancient cultures think about immortality?Ancient Mesopotamian people believed that gods had eternal life and that humans could sometimes gain it through divine favor. In Christianity, the idea of a future physical immortality is part of the belief in the resurrection of the flesh.

Hayflick Limit: The maximum number of times a normal human cell population will divide before cell division stops.
Biological Immortality: The state of an organism that does not experience aging or death from natural causes.
Mind Uploading: A hypothetical process of transferring a person's consciousness from a biological brain to a digital medium.
Resurrection of the Flesh: A theological concept involving the revival of the physical body after death, often for eternal life.