If superpowers were real: Immortality - Joy Lin

Če bi bile nadnaravne moči resnične: Nesmrtnost - Joy Lin

Translator: Klavdija Cernilogar Reviewer: Nika Kotnik

Immortality.

Nesmrtnost.

In movies, kings are always searching for the secret to immortality.

V filmih kralji vedno iščejo skrivnost nesmrtnosti.

But is immortality really a good thing?

Toda ali je nesmrtnost res dobra stvar?

To a ten-year-old boy, one year is the same as 10% of his life.

Za desetletnika je eno leto 10 odstotkov njegovega življenja.

To his forty-year-old mother, one year is merely 2.5% of her life.

Za njegovo štiridesetletno mamo je eno leto le 2,5 odstotka življenja.

The same year, 365 days,

Isto leto, 365 dni,

can feel differently to different people.

lahko različni ljudje čutijo različno.

If we live until we're 82,

Če živimo 82 let,

that's about 30,000 days.

je to okoli 30,000 dni.

If this boy lives for 30,000 years, a year to him could feel like a day.

Če bi ta fant živel 30,000 let, bi se mu eno leto zdelo dolgo kot en dan.

And if this boy's emotions sustain

In če bi njegova čustva zdržala

through the potential boredom of living for millions of years,

morebitni dolgčas milijone let dolgega življenja,

he might become extremely lonely and sad,

bi utegnil postati zelo osamljen in žalosten,

knowing he has and always will outlive everyone he has ever loved.

saj bi vedel, da bo preživel vse, ki jih je kdajkoli imel rad.

But what if everyone were immortal?

Kaj pa, če bi bili vsi nesmrtni?

Well, first off, Earth is only so big.

Hja, velikost Zemlje je omejena.

So, where would we all live?

Kje bi vsi živeli?

(Grunts)

(godrnjanje)

"Excuse me!" "That's my face!"

"Oprostite!" "To je moj obraz!"

"Stop it!" "Pardon me."

"Nehaj!" "Se opravičujem."

"Tight in here!"

"Malo tesno je tukaj!"

Do you remember what you did last year or when you were five?

Se spomnite, kaj ste počeli lani ali ko ste imeli pet let?

How much of your past have you forgotten?

Koliko preteklosti ste pozabili?

If you have trouble remembering what you did when you were five,

Če se le stežka spomnite, kaj ste počeli pri petih letih,

how will you remember what happened if you were alive a thousand years ago?

kako se boste spomnili, kaj se je dogajalo pred tisoč leti?

A million years ago?

Pred milijonom let?

We don't remember every single detail of our past

Ne spomnimo se vseh podrobnosti iz preteklosti,

because our brains have a limited capacity

saj imajo možgani omejene zmožnosti

and we replace useless memories,

in nepomembne spomine

like middle school locker combinations,

kot je kombinacija šolske ključavnice

with relevant information.

nadomestijo s pomembnimi informacijami.

If this immortal boy finds a companion

Če se bo ta nesmrtni fant

to fall in love with once every hundred years,

vsakih sto let zaljubil,

he would have ten thousand girlfriends in a million years.

bo imel deset tisoč punc v milijonu let.

And how many of those ten thousand girls' names

In koliko imen od teh deset tisoč punc

will he be able to remember?

si bo lahko zapomnil?

This changes what a meaningful relationship means, doesn't it?

To spremeni pomen "resne zveze", kajne?

Another tricky thing about immortality:

Nesmrtnost ima še en trik:

Human beings have not always looked the same.

ljudje niso vedno izgledali enako.

This can be explained by Darwin's theory of evolution.

To pojasni Darwinova teorija evolucije.

For instance, if women find taller men more attractive,

Če recimo ženske privlačijo visoki moški,

then more tall men would mate and have children,

bo več visokih moških imelo otroke,

putting more tall genes in the gene pool.

kar bo v genski bazen prineslo več genov za visokoraslost.

That means, in the next generation,

Zato bo v naslednji generaciji

more children will have the genes to be taller.

več otrok imelo gene za visokoraslost.

Repeat that process for a million years

Ponovite postopek skozi milijon let

and the average height will be a lot taller

in povprečna višina bo veliko večja

than the average height today,

kot je danes,

assuming there's no natural disaster that wipes out all the tall people.

če seveda ne pride do naravne katastrofe, ki bo uničila vse visoke ljudi.

Our ancestors were short, hairy apes.

Naši predniki so bili majhne kosmate opice.

We still have body hair, but we don't look like apes any more.

Še vedno smo poraščeni, a ne izgledamo več kot opice.

If you're the only person who is immortal,

Če ste edina nesmrtna oseba,

while everyone else keeps evolving,

medtem ko se vsi razvijajo,

generation after generation,

eno generacijo za drugo,

you will eventually look quite different than the people who surround you.

boste sčasoma izgledali zelo drugače od tistih okoli vas.

"Hi, how you doing?"

"Živjo, kako si?"

If one of our ancestors, apes, is still alive today,

Če je kak naš opičji prednik še živ,

how many people will make friends with it

koliko ljudi se bo spoprijateljilo z njim,

instead of calling the Museum of Natural History?

namesto da bi poklicali Prirodoslovni muzej?

And one more physical consideration for immortality:

Še ena fizična zadeva pri nesmrtnosti:

Scars.

brazgotine.

After all, immortality doesn't automatically translate to invincibility,

Konec koncev nesmrtnost ni avtomatsko tudi nepremagljivost,

it just means you cannot die.

pomeni le, da ne morete umreti.

But it doesn't guarantee what condition you'll be alive in.

Ne zagotavlja pa, v kakšnem stanju boste.

Look at your body and count how many scars you have.

Poglejte se in preštejte svoje brazgotine.

If you have made this many permanent scars

Če jih imate

within your life,

že doslej toliko,

imagine how much damage you would have if you were one thousand years old!

koliko jih bo šele, če boste živeli tisoč let!

Now, there are approximately

V ZDA opravijo približno

185,000 amputation-related hospital discharges

185,000 amputacij

every year in the U.S.

na leto.

These injuries are due to accidents or illnesses.

Te poškodbe so posledica bolezni ali nesreč.

Certainly the percentage is low comparing to the total population

To je nizek delež glede na celotno prebivalstvo,

if you only live for a hundred years.

če živite samo sto let.

However, if you've been alive for over one million years,

Če pa bi živeli več kot milijon let,

the odds of still having all your limbs are pretty slim.

bi bilo malo možnosti, da bi še imeli vse okončine.

What about little accessories,

Kaj pa majhni dodatki,

like your eyes, your nose, your ears,

kot so oči, nos, ušesa,

fingers or toes?

prsti na nogah ali rokah?

What about your teeth?

Kaj pa vaši zobje?

What are the odds of you keeping your dental health

Kako verjetno je, da boste sto let

for a hundred years?

obdržali zdrave zobe?

A thousand years?

Tisoč let?

One million years?

Milijon let?

You might end up looking like a horribly scuffed-up Mr. Potato Head

Morda boste na koncu izgledali kot kakšna zmečkana igrača

with missing pieces and dentures.

brez delov telesa in brez zob.

So, are you sure you want to live forever?

Si res želite večno živeti?

Now, which superpower physics lesson will you explore next?

No, katero nadnaravno moč želite raziskati zdaj?

Shifting body size and content,

Spreminjanje velikosti in vsebine telesa?

super speed,

super hitrost,

flight,

letenje,

super strength,

super moč,

immortality,

nesmrtnost,

and --

in...

invisibility.

nevidnost.