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Old 18-April-2008, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by The Supreme Canuck View Post
... If you end up in a situation where people routinely live, say, 1000 years and there are very few new births (a product of demographic shift and of measures which would have to be implemented to prevent overpopulation in an immortal society) change may well slow down due to this resistance. That's a worry, I think.
Sounds a bit like the fictional Hutts (those giant slugs) in StarWars.
They live up to a 1000 years, but are actually not even considered fully-grown and responsible adults until they've reached 100
- so they have an entire century just to fool around and learn.
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