>If some future group of people find the new Rosetta, they will see a flat rock with some scratches. How would they know to look at it under a microscope? Also, after a while the stone would probably be worn down, possibly beyond readability, by environmental effects.

I'm guessing that something would be on the rock or with it indicating what was contained on the stone and how to read it. Hopefully this is printed large enough to read and in several common languages anticipated to survive over time. I also assume that they would have some way of preserving the stone to prevent erosion.

> To immortality, I say that it would be a great achievement for humankind, but a horrible thing to actually be subjected to. Living for thousands, even millions, of years after a person should have died would take its toll on the body. Anyone who is over 100 isn't very likely to get up and take a car to visit the movies, are they? This inability to really do much wouldn't necessarily increase the wisdom of the person, as they would be limited to a small area (without books or movies, their eyes would probably be out of service before they were a few thousand years old) with little to no physical ability to do much of anything.
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I'm also assuming that, in achieving the immortal part of it, along with that would be the ability to preserve our physical beings, not just the mental being. Otherwise, it would be a moot point.

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