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While your argument makes sense from practical short-term standpoint, I think it also should be viewed more long-term. Each effort to extend life / save from im
by hippich 10y ago
While your argument makes sense from practical short-term standpoint, I think it also should be viewed more long-term. Each effort to extend life / save from immediate death brings experience, technology advancement. And what today might be just a short extension of life, in few years might bring several years of quality life, and in 100 years - even more.
- hx87 10y agoMost of these short-term life extending efforts basically amounts to putting people on chemical and mechanical life support, which isn't going to be a source of significant improvements in life quality.
- coredog64 10y agoThat's patently false. If you've got a drooling Alzheimer patient that has given up on their will to live, it's pointless to leave them hooked up to machines, prolonging their last painful days. There's no frontier advancement happening, just rent extraction.