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Medicine hasn't even attempted to extend human lifespan. To date it has only adressed causes of premature death. These conclusions have this baked-in as a (quit
by zargon 10y ago
Medicine hasn't even attempted to extend human lifespan. To date it has only adressed causes of premature death. These conclusions have this baked-in as a (quite probably unconscious) assumption. Medicine needs to grow beyond this short-sightedness.
- Iv 10y agoAlso, medicine is only concerned about bringing people with problems back to the "average normal" health state. What if I want to improve on the average?
- toomuchtodo 10y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRISPR#Cas9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRISPR#Cas9
- Iv 10y agoSorry, I fail to see the connection?
- toomuchtodo 10y agoCRISPR allows for the in place editing of your genome, which is going to be necessary to extend your life significantly or make you an above average human.
- danielhooper 10y agoWorking out regularly would certainly make your "health state" better than average.
- danielhooper 10y agoThis will just turn into a silly argument over semantics. It's not as if a natural death is just suddenly passing from old age. You succumb to some kind of disease that destroys a critical part of your body. Modern medicine does a lot when it comes to preventing and curing diseases, so I'm not sure where your argument that medicine hasn't attempted to extend our lives comes from.
- zargon 10y agoThe effects of aging aren't recognized as a disease. I'm all for changing that and treating aging as a disease. That's the distinction I'm making. Barring diseases and injuries, the human lifespan hasn't been extended. The average lifespan has been extended because we can treat diseases and injuries -- that is wonderful. The lifespan of a healthy person -- how long a disease- and injury-free person can live -- hasn't changed, and that's medicine's blind spot I was talking about.