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You guys seem to think death isn't inevitable? Huh?
by TheSOB88 16y ago
You guys seem to think death isn't inevitable? Huh?
- MikeCapone 16y agoNot death, just the diseases of aging (which aren't so different from other diseases in their effects, when it comes down to it). The general idea is that our bodies accumulate damage as a side product of metabolism (stuff that evolution hasn't equipped us to deal with - various long-lived molecules that we can't break down); over a certain threshold, that damage turns into pathologies. So your skin is less elastic, your arteries aren't as flexible, your immune system doesn't work as well, your brain accumulate beta amyloids that lead to alzheimer's, etc. If we could periodically repair that damage before the pathologies happen, we could potentially keep young bodies indefinitely and cure many diseases without having to understand how metabolism works, thus reducing human suffering tremendously (about 150k deaths each day). For more on this, check out this book: http://www.amazon.com/Ending-Aging-Rejuvenation-Breakthroughs-Lifetime/dp/B001O9CHRA/ http://www.amazon.com/Ending-Aging-Rejuvenation-Breakthrough... Or these presentations: http://citywire.kuluvalley.com/player.html?pguid=E586AD51-418F-C8CE-442B-828A9164D788&vtguid=70B21F9A-4BCA-C090-62F2-F77C0B007FE2 http://citywire.kuluvalley.com/player.html?pguid=E586AD51-41... http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8554766938711591377&hl=en# http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8554766938711591377&... Or the work of this foundation (I'm in no way affiliated with them - I'm just a fan and individual donor): http://www.sens.org http://www.sens.org
- TheSOB88 16y agoSo that would result in immortality, right? How else would people die? The obvious problem here is overpopulation. What's your stance on that?