If superpowers were real: Immortality - Joy Lin

Kada bi super-moći bile stvarnost: Besmrtnost - Džoj Lin (Joy Lin)

Prevodilac: Jelena Jaranović Lektor: Tatjana Jevdjic

Immortality.

Besmrtnost.

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

U filmovima, kraljevi uvek traže

tajnu besmrtnosti.

But is immortality really a good thing?

Ali, da li je besmrtnost stvarno dobra?

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

Za desetogodišnjaka,

jedna godina je 10% njegovog života.

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

Za njegovu 40 godina staru majku,

jedna godina je tek 2,5% njenog života.

The same year, 365 days,

Ista godina od 365 dana

can feel differently to different people.

može delovati drugačije različitim ljudima.

If we live until we're 82,

Ako živimo 82 godine,

that's about 30,000 days.

to je oko 30.000 dana.

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

Ako bi ovaj dečak živeo 30.000 godina,

godina bi mogla da mu izgleda kao dan.

And if this boy's emotions sustain

I ako uspe da se odupre

through the potential boredom of living for millions of years,

potencijalnoj dosadi

tokom života dugog milionima godina,

he might become extremely lonely and sad,

mogao bi da postane izuzetno tužan i usamljen,

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

zbog saznanja da će uvek

nadživeti sve one koje je ikada voleo.

But what if everyone were immortal?

Ali, šta ako bi svi bili besmrtni?

Well, first off, Earth is only so big.

Pa, pre svega, Zemlja je ovoliko velika.

So, where would we all live?

Dakle, gde bismo svi mi živeli?

(Grunts)

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

"Izvinite!"

"To je moje lice!"

"Stop it!" "Pardon me."

"Prestani!"

"Oprostite."

"Tight in here!"

"Ovde je tesno!"

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

Sećate li se šta ste radili prošle godine?

A, šta kada ste imali 5 godina?

How much of your past have you forgotten?

Koliko svoje prošlosti ste zaboravili?

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

Ako vam je teško da se setite

šta ste radili sa 5 godina,

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

kako ćete se sećati šta se događalo

pre 1.000 godina?

Pre milion godina?

A million years ago?

We don't remember every single detail of our past

Ne pamtimo svaki delić naše prošlosti

because our brains have a limited capacity

jer naš mozak ima ograničen kapacitet.

and we replace useless memories,

Zamenjujemo nevažna sećanja,

like middle school locker combinations,

poput šifre na ormariću u osnovnoj školi,

sa bitnim informacijama.

with relevant information.

If this immortal boy finds a companion

Ako ovaj besmrtni dečak nalazi devojke

to fall in love with once every hundred years,

u koje bi se zaljubljivao na svakih 100 godina,

he would have ten thousand girlfriends in a million years.

ima bi 10.000 devojaka tokom milion godina.

And how many of those ten thousand girls' names

I koliko bi imena, od ovih 10.000 devojaka,

will he be able to remember?

uopšte mogao da se seti?

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

Ovo menja značenje ozbiljne veze,

zar ne?

Another tricky thing about immortality:

Još jedna nezgodna stvar u vezi sa besmrtnošću:

ljudi nisu uvek izgledali isto.

Human beings have not always looked the same.

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

Darvinova teorija evolucije ovo objašnjava.

For instance, if women find taller men more attractive,

Na primer, ako su visoki muškarci ženama privlačniji,

then more tall men would mate and have children,

onda će se više visokih muškaraca oženiti i imati decu,

putting more tall genes in the gene pool.

dodajuči više "visokih gena" u bazu gena.

That means, in the next generation,

To znači da će u sledećoj generaciji,

više dece imati genetski potencijal da budu visoki.

more children will have the genes to be taller.

Repeat that process for a million years

Ponavljajte taj proces milion godina

i prosečna visina će biti znatno veća

and the average height will be a lot taller

od prosečne visine danas,

than the average height today,

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

pod pretpostavkom da nema prirodnih katastrofa

koje bi pokosile sve visoke ljude.

Naši preci su bili niski, dlakavi majmuni.

Our ancestors were short, hairy apes.

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

Mi još uvek imamo dlake na telu,

ali ne izgledamo više kao majmuni.

If you're the only person who is immortal,

Ako ste vi jedina besmrtna osoba,

while everyone else keeps evolving,

dok svi ostali evoluiraju

generation after generation,

generaciju za generacijom,

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

na kraju ćete izgledati prilično drugačije

od ljudi koji vas okružuju.

"Hi, how you doing?"

"Hej, gde si?"

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

Da je neki od naših predaka majmuna živ danas,

how many people will make friends with it

koliko bi se ljudi družilo sa njim,

instead of calling the Museum of Natural History?

a koliko bi ga prijavljivalo Prirodnjačkom muzeju?

And one more physical consideration for immortality:

I još jedan fizički aspekt

besmrtnosti:

Scars.

ožiljci.

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

Jer, besmrtnost ne znači istovremeno

i nepovredivost,

it just means you cannot die.

već samo to da ne možete umreti.

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

Ne garantuje vam se u kom stanju ćete biti živi.

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

Dakle, pogledajte svoje telo sada

i prebrojte koliko ožiljaka imate.

Ako ste napravili toliko trajnih ožiljaka

If you have made this many permanent scars

tokom svog života

within your life,

zamislite koliko bi vam koža bila oštećena

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

da ste stari 1.000 godina!

Now, there are approximately

Svake godine

se uradi otprilike oko 185.000 amputacija

185,000 amputation-related hospital discharges

every year in the U.S.

u SAD.

These injuries are due to accidents or illnesses.

Ovakve povrede su posledica nesreća ili bolesti.

Certainly the percentage is low comparing to the total population

Naravno, procenat je mali

u odnosu na celu populaciju

if you only live for a hundred years.

ako biste živeli 100 godina.

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

Ipak, ako biste živeli

preko milion godina,

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

šanse da biste imali sve udove su prililno male.

What about little accessories,

I, šta je sa malim dodacima,

like your eyes, your nose, your ears,

poput očiju,

nosa,

ušiju,

fingers or toes?

prstiju?

What about your teeth?

Šta bi se događalo sa zubima?

What are the odds of you keeping your dental health

Koje su šanse da biste održali zdrave zube

for a hundred years?

tokom 100 godina?

A thousand years?

1.000 godina?

One million years?

Milion godina?

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

Možda biste završili izgledajući

kao strašno pohabani Teletabis,

with missing pieces and dentures.

sa delovima koji nedostaju i protezama.

So, are you sure you want to live forever?

Dakle, jeste li sigurni da želite da živite zauvek?

Sada, koju ćeš sledeću lekciju o super-moćima

Now, which superpower physics lesson will you explore next?

da istražiš?

Shifting body size and content,

Promena veličine tela,

super speed,

super-brzina,

flight,

letenje,

super strength,

super-snaga,

immortality,

besmrtnost

and --

i

invisibility.

nevidljivost.