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From: "John de Rivaz" <>
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Subject: Re: 23466 Death and Exercise
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 11:42:24 -0000

> From: randolfe wicker <>
> Subject: Re 23466 Death and Exercise
<del>
> A similar hangover effect can be found in discussions at The Immortality
Institute.  The members there chose a title for a book using the term
"infinite lifespans" instead of "immortality".
<del>

I wonder if they actually said "indefinite" rather than infinite.

The difficulty with the word "immortal" is that you have to live for ever to
know that you can live for ever, and forever never comes. That is to say the
word has no real meaning.

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