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Some people seem to think that there'll be a single cure for aging - a miracle drug, health regimen, or whatever flavor of the week happens to be in the news at
by DuskStar 7y ago
Some people seem to think that there'll be a single cure for aging - a miracle drug, health regimen, or whatever flavor of the week happens to be in the news at the time. I think that if we get a cure for aging in our lifetimes it'll be things like this - killing aging with a thousand tiny cuts.
Assuming that this replicates and actually increases either lifespan or healthy lifespan, of course. (I'd rather have a 50s body until I'm 75 than continue aging past that point, even if I'm still dying at 76)
- magna7 7y agoCentenarians have been shown to have increased healthspans. They still get the same diseases as everyone else, however they get them much later in life (90s, 100s). That's all I'd want. If we can get medical science to a point where healthily living to 100 is common, then that's a win for everyone and it'll save us a ton of money. The problem is, like you said, that it's unlikely to be some miracle drug; it's going to be small routines and habits throughout your life that will require willpower and discipline, so that'll exclude a lot of people unless we restructure society in a fundamentally different way.
- theothermkn 7y agoAubrey de Grey has said numerous times that he suspects that if we were able to repair mithochondrial DNA, that has about a 10% chance of being all or most of the anti-aging puzzle, in his estimation. IIRC, he admits this is speculation. Still, he's no slouch in this layperson's book, so his statement gives me the warm fuzzies.