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This is more dreadful, than ageism. From linked paper: For example, longitudinal studies have reported between 1% and 2% annual hippocampal atrophy in adults o
by monort 11y ago
This is more dreadful, than ageism. From linked paper:
For example, longitudinal studies have reported between 1% and 2% annual hippocampal atrophy in adults older than 55 years without dementia (e.g., Jack and others 1998). Other regions also atrophy in late adulthood, including the prefrontal cortex, caudate nucleus, and cerebellum, at estimated rates between 0.5% and 2% per year.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3575139/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3575139/
- DiabloD3 11y agoThat is terrifying. I'm 32. That means in slightly over 20 years I am going to slowly become brain dead. By the time they cure death in my 70s, I will be too old to enjoy it unless they also can reverse this.
- Devid2014 11y agoThe cure to death even partially is probably more that 100 years away from us.
- x5n1 11y agoIf that. Many people say the reason cancer kills everyone eventually is that cells in our body wants to be free and it takes that this many generations to declare their independence and rebel against the perfectly tuned totalitarian system that is our body.
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoMaybe your body, certainly not mine. I'm not sure who is in control - not me.
- JoeAltmaier 11y ago'Even partially'? Such cures are found every day in the form of treatments for disease, healthy living rules, improvements in diet and exercise regimes.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoLet's aim for the so-called life extension escape velocity then. The cure may be even a 1000 years from now, but as long as you can keep extending your life to still be around then, it's fine.
- dfan 11y agoDo you look at everyone around you who is 55 and think of them as slowly becoming brain dead? Do you look at people in their 70s and think none of them is enjoying life? 32 is way too early to be terrified of aging.
- ddorian43 11y agoWho is "they" ? Why don't you try yourself to cure death (by donating or something) ?
- vacri 11y agoMy mother is 70, and she runs her own website, mentors people online, hosts all kinds of guests at home, maintains a food garden, writes on sunny days in a gazebo she had built for her, cycles through creating small side businesses, pirates movies, goes on long strolls around her village... I must remember to ask her if she's too old to enjoy life.