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I am baffled as to why people are saying that we are about to allow people to become immortal when we have zero evidence that we cam extend the natural lifespan
by PhilWright 7y ago
I am baffled as to why people are saying that we are about to allow people to become immortal when we have zero evidence that we cam extend the natural lifespan at all. Today, there is not a single medicine that people can take because it extends lifespans.
I am obviously not counting regular medicine like vaccines and antibiotics etc, they increase our likelihood of reaching the natural lifespan limit but do not extend the limit.
When they can show that some treatment extends the limit from around 120 to something like 150, then come back and talk about immortality. Although even then, there is a big difference between immortality and adding a mere 30 years! Oh, and those extra years had better not be as a bed bound senile in a nursing home. They can better be quality years, otherwise there is no point in bothering.
- xkcd-sucks 7y agoWait till you hear what they're saying about self-driving cars
- village-idiot 7y ago> Today, there is not a single medicine that people can take because it extends lifespans. Metformin. Originally used to treat diabetes, we’ve slowly begun to realize that the users of it tend to live longer than non-users. There are some studies running now to determine if it’s effective, but there are already people taking it daily to try and live longer.