Would you rather read minds or live forever?

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I do not want to read minds because I wouldn’t want just anyone to be able to read my mind. I think that privacy is losing it’s importance in our social network age and reading minds would be just another assault on our control over our private space.

Living forever is tempting but I’m reminded of a Greek myth where the Goddess of the Dawn fell in love with a mortal and she asked her father Zeus to grant him immortal life. He did so the human did live forever but immortality didn’t stop him from aging so he eventually withered into a cricket. I would want an immortal life only if I could stay at least my present day age, 44. I am not overly beset by aches and pains, ideally I would have liked the choice for immortality to have been offered when I was 35., that is a perfect age.

Winter Sports

I skied through a tunnel!

I like skiing though I am not good at it. Snowboarding is too challenging for my rusty bones. Right down the road our local ski area is only 10 minutes.

Does the end ever justify the means?

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I don’t believe so, because just the question itself, implies that the person is aware that the means will be wrong or hurtful. If the means were pure in spirit, no one would ever bother asking, does the end ever justify the means. As if it would be okay to do vile things as long as the end result is a good thing. How can you end up with a good result if on your way to that result the journey involves doing questionable acts?