Timeline for Term for immortality that only prevents death from old age
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| Sep 20, 2023 at 14:38 | comment | added | user3399 | @dlsso I'm answering quite a bit later, but I'd say that would be "invincible" | |
| Apr 7, 2023 at 2:56 | comment | added | dlsso | This is the best answer. But then what word should we use for "immortal + unkillable?" | |
| Feb 25, 2019 at 7:49 | comment | added | user3399 | @GarretGang This is due to the way the word has been used, in litterature someone/something that is immortal is often something that cannot die, nor be killed, unless specific means are used. Wich led to the word Immortal to be interpreted a bit differently than its textbook definition. | |
| Feb 24, 2019 at 0:16 | comment | added | Pliny | @user3399, while that interpretation is valid, I have always felt that the term immortality implies that you cannot die. No conditions apply. Sure you can be wounded, your head chopped off, your body ground to tiny pieces then thrown into a volcano to be burned to ash. but you still wouldn't die. | |
| Feb 19, 2019 at 17:49 | comment | added | Sneftel | That's the point. The chance of an "immortal" actually living forever is much less than the chance of a normal person spontaneously becoming immortal. | |
| Feb 19, 2019 at 17:17 | comment | added | user3399 | @Sneftel Well no, since an ability is something you do have, not something you could have. For example, every single human has the ability to live until they die of old age. But it does not mean every single human will. | |
| Feb 19, 2019 at 17:02 | comment | added | Sneftel | In that case, you might as well say that everyone is immortal, because there's a nonzero chance they might spontaneously mutate into being biologically immortal. They therefore technically have the ability to live forever. | |
| Feb 19, 2019 at 16:59 | comment | added | user3399 | @Sneftel Okay, but even then, the definition of Immortality itself only says "The ability to live forever; eternal life". It does not imply that you cannot be involved into an accident, that you cannot be killed or anything else. It litterally only says that someone Immortal has "The ability to live forever", it does not mean that they will. | |
| Feb 19, 2019 at 16:53 | comment | added | Sneftel | No, it's nothing to do with aging. As your lifespan increases, the likelihood of a low-probability event occuring (like a fatal accident) increases. | |
| Feb 19, 2019 at 16:38 | comment | added | user3399 | @Sneftel the probability of meeting a fatal accident as one gets older, in and of itself is predicated around the idea of "aging", but anyone being able to live forever would most likely stop to age. Otherwise their body would inevitably stop functionning at some point. | |
| Feb 19, 2019 at 10:14 | comment | added | Sneftel | As one gets older, the probability of meeting a fatal accident increases asymptotically towards 1. "The ability to live forever" is therefore predicated on being able to survive what would otherwise be fatal accidents. | |
| Feb 19, 2019 at 8:12 | history | answered | user3399 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |