5 Ways To Live Forever (And 7 Reasons It Would Suck)

5. Super Ageing

Okay, so say we solve the problems of the previous entries by saying that it's just you that gets to live forever, and you're going to be very careful to avoid any injuries. You get to look forward to seeing the world of the future and never have to worry about "fitting it all in".

But what would happen to your body? If it's "just you", then we'll have to assume for the moment that you've fallen in a vat of magic, rather than as the result of the anti-ageing gene therapy that we discussed earlier (either that or you're being very selfish).

The ageing process is not well understood, all we do know is that it currently takes about 80 years for the wheels to drop off. If, by some miracle, you managed to avoid any horrible accidents and injuries, your DNA will still continue to degrade as it gets copied over and over again as your cells renew.

You eventually become the biological equivalent of a photocopy of a photocopy of a photocopy (ad infinitum). Your bones will begin to thin, becoming increasingly more fragile until one day they can't support your frame and crumble inside your body.The repeated copying and recopying of your cells will make errors inevitable, riddling you with every type of cancer. Your muscles will decline, you won't be able to maintain any weight, your eyesight and hearing will slowly deteriorate until the world is dark and silent.

Sounds pretty grim, but would it be any better if you were also blessed with eternal youth?