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So many people think anti-aging science is just about living more years, but that's missing half the picture. Anti-aging science is not just about living more

So many people think anti-aging science is just about living more years, but that's missing half the picture. Anti-aging science is not just about living more years, it's about being able to live healthy and fulfilling lives both physically and mentally even as you age. Way too many people are broken by age before they die, to prevent that would be fantastic.

johnydepp 7y ago
So the title shouldn't be 'Can we Live Longer..". As the actual article is about anti-aging not living longer..
coldtea 7y ago
>So many people think anti-aging science is just about living more years, but that's missing half the picture. Anti-aging science is not just about living more years, it's about being able to live healthy and fulfilling lives both physically and mentally even as you age. Thats's 2/3rds of the picture. The other 1/3rd of "anti-aging" is selling snake-oil fads to suckers and for people with anxieties to obsess over.
- TeMPOraL 7y ago
  > and for people with anxieties to obsess over One man's lack of anxiety is another man's Stockholm syndrome. That in this day and age, anti-aging research is still considered fringe and frowned upon by the overarching culture, instead of being one of the top priorities of R&D worldwide, is pretty damn shameful.
  - coldtea 7y ago
    >One man's lack of anxiety is another man's Stockholm syndrome. Well, people have escaped kidnappers. None has escaped death, and until this happens (which very well could happen technically at some point) it's just anxiety over the inevitable.
    - kurthr 7y ago
      Each living person has escaped death one more day... increasing healthy lifespan is a good thing right? Why not want to extend it rather than make up reasons for old people to die that aren't killing them?
_o-O-o_ 7y ago
Yeah I agree. Compressing several average-looking & humdrum lives into one magnificent life is worth trying. In other words, do all the sex, eat all the food, visit all the places, meet all the people, etc

johnydepp 7y ago

So the title shouldn't be 'Can we Live Longer..". As the actual article is about anti-aging not living longer..

coldtea 7y ago

>So many people think anti-aging science is just about living more years, but that's missing half the picture. Anti-aging science is not just about living more years, it's about being able to live healthy and fulfilling lives both physically and mentally even as you age. Thats's 2/3rds of the picture. The other 1/3rd of "anti-aging" is selling snake-oil fads to suckers and for people with anxieties to obsess over.

TeMPOraL 7y ago
> and for people with anxieties to obsess over One man's lack of anxiety is another man's Stockholm syndrome. That in this day and age, anti-aging research is still considered fringe and frowned upon by the overarching culture, instead of being one of the top priorities of R&D worldwide, is pretty damn shameful.
- coldtea 7y ago
  >One man's lack of anxiety is another man's Stockholm syndrome. Well, people have escaped kidnappers. None has escaped death, and until this happens (which very well could happen technically at some point) it's just anxiety over the inevitable.
  - kurthr 7y ago
    Each living person has escaped death one more day... increasing healthy lifespan is a good thing right? Why not want to extend it rather than make up reasons for old people to die that aren't killing them?

_o-O-o_ 7y ago

Yeah I agree. Compressing several average-looking & humdrum lives into one magnificent life is worth trying. In other words, do all the sex, eat all the food, visit all the places, meet all the people, etc