&gt;Except we&#x27;re not machines.<p>I only mean that we&#x27;re machines enough so that medical techniques work. We are made of parts that break and can be fixed. This is on extremely solid empirical footing.<p>&gt;Some might say the next logical step isn&#x27;t to wish to live forever, but to die, and hope your genes and ideas live on. We&#x27;re not the eternal ones in this universe, no matter how big our capacity to wish for that.<p>Do you say that? I wish to live a very long time, and I wish the same for my loved ones and anyone who wants. I would keep wishing this even if it were an impossible wish. Also, it happens to probably not be impossible.