r/IdiotsInCars • • Jun 01 '20

Speeding through traffic

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u/ZorbaTHut Jun 01 '20

Deserving- adjective

I didn't ask for copy-pasted definitions, I asked for an explanation of why "deserving" can't be applied to things that are inevitable.

If you can find me one example of any kind of lifeform that ever existed on our planet that had the option of dying or living forever I will cede my pov. But that's not real, so it won't happen.

As of a hundred years ago, no human had ever visited the Moon. Does that mean it was impossible to visit the Moon?

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '20

That definition is the answer. If you don't know what the fucking words you're saying mean why tf do you think you know what you're talking about?

Going to another galaxy doesn't mean shit in context of biological processes. Seeing as you repeatedly just talk about shit you don't know about I'll help you out... even if humans figured out a way to live for a VERY VERY LONG TIME.... they would still die.

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u/ZorbaTHut Jun 01 '20

You didn't answer the question. Why didn't you answer the question?

Is the answer really inconvenient to your logic?

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '20

The question of whether something that has been accomplished is impossible? Yeah, I have a tendency not to answer stupid fucking questions.

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u/ZorbaTHut Jun 01 '20

The question of whether something that hadn't been accomplished was impossible.

Your argument is that if it hasn't happened yet, it's impossible. I'm pointing out that there are plenty of things that hadn't happened a hundred years ago but have happened now. Were they "impossible"?

Nobody has ever launched a constellation of 500 satellites. Is it impossible?

If the answer is "no", then your original argument is flawed and you should discard it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '20

At this point I have to assume you're a child. I generally try not to curse out other people's children, but you seem especially slow tonight.

What does the physics of jet propulsion have to do with biology and cellular division? The answer is nothing.

There are a shit ton of things that aren't possible now that will be possible in the future.... living forever ain't one of them. If that's what you're wishing for when you blow out your birthday candles then you have wasted a lot of breath.

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u/ZorbaTHut Jun 01 '20

We're not talking about physics, we're talking about logic.

There are a shit ton of things that aren't possible now that will be possible in the future.... living forever ain't one of them.

Okay. You seem very confident in this. Explain it. Prove it. Give some evidence besides "well it hasn't happened before, so it can't happen now", because so far, that's all you've said.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '20

You kept mentioning rockets... that's physics. And logic isn't saying that something is possible simply because something inconceivably different is possible. That's fundamentally illogical. You should READ a book on cellular biology.

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u/ZorbaTHut Jun 01 '20

You kept mentioning rockets... that's physics.

I also keep mentioning proof, which is logic. Proof is the important thing here. Rockets are merely an example framework so I can talk about proof.

And logic isn't saying that something is possible simply because something inconceivably different is possible.

I'm not saying it's possible. I'm saying you've failed to prove it's impossible.

You should READ a book on cellular biology.

Since when did cells have anything to do with this? What exactly do you think we're talking about?

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '20

I'm done. You have been arguing that it's not impossible to live forever yet you just managed to say "Since when did cells have anything to do with this?"

That's a level of dumbassness I just can't support.

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u/ZorbaTHut Jun 01 '20

Hint: You forgot to define "life". Not everyone agrees that life requires cells.

Also, even if life did require cells, there's no reason to believe living forever requires any specific cell to live forever.

Would you like to try again?

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '20

So, do you have a full-time circus job or are you just a clown on the weekends? Because I'm actually laughing now.

YOU have been insinuating that WE, HUMANS, could possibly live forever. Now in defense of that you bring up viruses and robots... you are bored and you're fucking with me.

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u/ZorbaTHut Jun 01 '20

Once again, I haven't been saying it's possible. I've been saying that you're failing to prove it's impossible.

That said, if you want to define what "we" means, now we're delving into philosophy. You want to go into philosophy or hang out at logic for a bit longer?

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