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{{quote|I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.|'''Woody Allen'''}}
 
One of the oldest of human desires is to counteract [[We Are as Mayflies|the fleeting nature of our short human existence]]. Eternal life is ingrained in the collective human consciousness, having been present in literature and myths for [[Older Than Dirt|as long as they've been around]].