However we can cross that bridge when we get to it. The human mind can be modified as well to better suit a longer lifespan (eg. parts of the brain would have to be replaced as well, and there would probably need to be some digital aspect to it).

Or each person can just choose when to end his/her life (and we’d still get the benefit of living a few hundred years).

There are a few essential details that we have to consider with ‘immortality’. When you say ‘will death end?’ you’re talking about our bodies’ natural aging, right? Diseases, accidents and violence are gonna be around for a while… although we’re gradually working towards reducing those causes of death.

So ‘death by aging’ then? I think there are some theories about cellular aging and how to stop it. But the big question is at what age would we want to stay immortal?

Another option is to replace aged tissue and organs with new ones. This will all depend on what we learn about consciousness… because eventually we might just become cyborgs with an eternal body.

This is all assuming that there’s no ‘life after death’.. or at least some sort of ‘awareness after death’. I know this is bordering on a religious discussion but I’ll give you an example – I’m pretty sure some studies have shown that REM sleep deprivation has negative effects on people. Now if we take an extreme example of scale, could death deprivation have any negative effects on people too?

By translated I meant from the Russian edition I have.

I reckon Dr Karl’s a bit optimistic here — if you want outrageously optimistic predictions on technology and immortality look up Ray Kurzweil.

On the actual topic of your post, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki reckons that he is a member of either the last generation to die or the first to live forever. Given that he’s a generation older than you or I, that’s pretty cool in my book. Anyone that doesn’t know about Dr Karl should educate themselves forthwith.