Time Machine or Fountain of Youth?

thadman · 18th January 2011, 04:58 AM

Let us assume Zeus has presented you with two systems, a Time Machine and the Fountain of Youth. He suggests that you can potentially access either system, however access to one is contingent upon you not accessing the other. If he discovers that you have accessed both, he will destroy both systems.

With the Time Machine, you can transport to any place AND any time an infinite number of times, but you must wait at least 72 hours between jumps. You experience no time when jumping to another time and place, however you still age regularly and you will die eventually. If you die while using the Time Machine, you are dead forever. With the Fountain of Youth, you will be at 100% mental and physical health for as long as the system is on. You can live forever, however you still experience pain. If you die while the system is on, you will wake up in a predetermined location at 100% health, but this can only happen once every 72 hours. You can change the specific location at any time. If you die more than once in a 72 hour period, you are dead forever.

Which would you choose?

Hartono · 18th January 2011, 07:04 AM

..........both sucks :-)

jackinnj · 18th January 2011, 10:51 AM

what kind of mushrooms are they selling at Purdue?

Cassiel · 02:47 PM

Not magic mushrooms needed. Actually, mankind has been fantasizing about Time machines and Fountains of Youth for a long time. We are just not happy with our limitations.

There's another thread about living after death. Same story.

Gyuri · 23rd January 2011, 05:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hartono

..........both sucks :-)

I am satisfied with the sucks of which I get my share in my short little life.
That let this last eternally?
Oh neee...

Peckerwood · 31st January 2011, 01:27 PM

I don't want to live forever.

jerryo · 31st January 2011, 04:32 PM

Fountain of youth for me.

If it is with 100% health then I would like to live forever.

Being "alive" is as good as it gets.

Peckerwood · 2nd February 2011, 05:20 AM

I could handle living longer than humans usually do but forever is such a long time that eventually I know everything I could possibly do would become so boring I would not be able to stand it.

benb · 2nd February 2011, 06:43 AM

The time machine is "interesting" but I think I know enough about the past, and the future is more interesting. I'd go for the "live forever" deal and see how the future plays out.

But then that setup isn't quite living forever - if you die twice within 72 hours you're dead for good, and that's eventually going to happen, even if it takes thousands of years.

I want to live forever, but I've had a really hard time sticking to a CRON diet. That's about the best bet for the present and the near future, and it only adds a few decades to life, but then Ray Kurzweil is making a lot of predictions about future technology...

chris661 · 2nd February 2011, 01:00 PM

I'd go for the fountain of youth. Eventually, I'll be able to play Sweet Child O Mine on guitar (including the solo - that's the difficult bit...)...

18th January 2011, 04:58 AM	#1
thadman diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: west lafayette	Time Machine or Fountain of Youth? Let us assume Zeus has presented you with two systems, a Time Machine and the Fountain of Youth. He suggests that you can potentially access either system, however access to one is contingent upon you not accessing the other. If he discovers that you have accessed both, he will destroy both systems. With the Time Machine, you can transport to any place AND any time an infinite number of times, but you must wait at least 72 hours between jumps. You experience no time when jumping to another time and place, however you still age regularly and you will die eventually. If you die while using the Time Machine, you are dead forever. With the Fountain of Youth, you will be at 100% mental and physical health for as long as the system is on. You can live forever, however you still experience pain. If you die while the system is on, you will wake up in a predetermined location at 100% health, but this can only happen once every 72 hours. You can change the specific location at any time. If you die more than once in a 72 hour period, you are dead forever. Which would you choose? __________________ "It is a profound and necessary truth that the deep things in science are not found because they are useful; they are found because it was possible to find them."

18th January 2011, 07:04 AM	#2
Hartono diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: currently in China	..........both sucks :-) __________________ You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is 'never try'. Homer Simpson

18th January 2011, 02:42 PM	#4
Cassiel diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Madrid	Not magic mushrooms needed. Actually, mankind has been fantasizing about Time machines and Fountains of Youth for a long time. We are just not happy with our limitations. There's another thread about living after death. Same story. Last edited by Cassiel; 18th January 2011 at 02:47 PM. Reason: Slight improvement

31st January 2011, 01:27 PM	#6
Peckerwood diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Texas	I don't want to live forever. __________________ I'm trying to think but nothing happens.

2nd February 2011, 05:20 AM	#8
Peckerwood diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Texas	I could handle living longer than humans usually do but forever is such a long time that eventually I know everything I could possibly do would become so boring I would not be able to stand it. __________________ I'm trying to think but nothing happens.


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18th January 2011, 10:51 AM	#3
jackinnj diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Llanddewi Brefi, NJ	what kind of mushrooms are they selling at Purdue?

31st January 2011, 04:32 PM	#7
jerryo diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2007	Fountain of youth for me. If it is with 100% health then I would like to live forever. Being "alive" is as good as it gets.

2nd February 2011, 06:43 AM	#9
benb diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2010	The time machine is "interesting" but I think I know enough about the past, and the future is more interesting. I'd go for the "live forever" deal and see how the future plays out. But then that setup isn't quite living forever - if you die twice within 72 hours you're dead for good, and that's eventually going to happen, even if it takes thousands of years. I want to live forever, but I've had a really hard time sticking to a CRON diet. That's about the best bet for the present and the near future, and it only adds a few decades to life, but then Ray Kurzweil is making a lot of predictions about future technology...

2nd February 2011, 01:00 PM	#10
chris661 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lancashire Blog Entries: 7	I'd go for the fountain of youth. Eventually, I'll be able to play Sweet Child O Mine on guitar (including the solo - that's the difficult bit...)... __________________ "Throwing parts at a failure is like throwing sponges at a rainstorm." - Enzo My setup: http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/multi...tang-band.html

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