How Immortality Oriented Are You?

1- Do you take measures to help extend your life expectancy? For example:

A-Are your eating habits healthful?

_____Yes _____No

B-Do you exercise regularly?

_____Yes _____No

C-Do you have enough mental stim­ulation?

_____Yes _____No

D-Do you smoke?

_____Yes _____No

E-Do you drink?

_____Heavy _____Moderate

F- What is the stress level in your life?

_____High _____Moderate _____Low

G-How is your fun/leisure/work bal­ance?

_____Balanced _____Off balanced

2- Would you like to live to 150 years and beyond?

_____Yes _____No

A-Is such an extended life span re­alistic?

_____Yes _____No

3- If you are critically ill should "heroic measures" be undertaken to save you?

_____Yes _____No

A-Have you made arrangements to be kept on life-support systems or in suspension if all else fails?

_____Yes _____No

4- Should we stop "tampering with na­ture' ' and allow people to "age grace­fully" and "die with dignity"?

_____Yes _____No

5- Should we suspend efforts to extend normal life span and focus instead on the "quality of life"?

_____Yes _____No

6- Are you opposed to life-extension ef­forts on logistical grounds? For ex­ample:

A-If millions live to be over 100 where will we put everyone?

_____Problem _____No problem

B-If the mortality rate continues to drop radically won't that impose heavy burdens on family and so­ciety?

_____Yes _____No

C-Won't an aging population slow down progress?

_____Yes _____No

7- Are you an ageist (age-discriminat­ing)? For example:

A—"I am too old (or too young) for this kind of thing."

_____Yes _____No

B-"You are too old (or too young) for me."

_____Yes _____No

C-Do you socialize mainly with peo­ple of your own age group?

_____Yes _____No

8- Are you a biological purist? For ex­ample:

A-Do you think that the human body is a marvel of nature?

_____Yes _____No

B-Do you like the human body as it is or would you like to see major changes?

_____As is _____Major changes

C-Would you want a total prosthetic body if your own body were ir­reversibly out of commission?

_____Yes _____No

Date: 2015-02-28; view: 1094