Given the deteriorating state of the planet many would likely surmise that human beings are the worst thing that ever happened to the earth. Some might even go so far as to think that the extinction of our species would be a good thing, in fact the solution to the planet's problems.

I would like to propose another solution which some of you may have entertained but dismissed due to its impractical nature. That solution entails the complete and permanent transformation of our mind/bodies into an immortal state.

Now I must qualify what I mean here because many of you may already have preconceived notions about what immortality means.

Firstly, here I am referring to the immortality of the mind/body and not just the spirit, as some of you are accustomed to thinking. After all in its proper definition "immortality" is about the mind/body and not about the spirit.

If this is confusing you please remember that the root word "mortal" refers to the fact that the mind/body has a limited existence. Hence the term "immortal" refers to the everlasting existence of the "mind/body"!

So hopefully, now that this is clear I wish to address the next impediment to this concept.

As soon as the idea of an immortal mind/body is invoked the first thought that occurs is: "Well how is the earth supposed to sustain an increasing population if none of us is dying?