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Yeah, aging involves breakage of multiple things in people's bodies. There is no single switch to fix them all. Instead they have to be fixed one by one. To th
by est31 7y ago
Yeah, aging involves breakage of multiple things in people's bodies. There is no single switch to fix them all. Instead they have to be fixed one by one.
To the joint problems you are mentioning: we are already replacing various joints and bone parts in the body. The solutions aren't perfect though, there are risks of infection, death by septic shock, people often have pains, etc.
- mrandish 7y agoAgreed. I try to explain it to my family by pointing out the most likely proximate causes of death in old age: A) cancer, Alzheimer's, B) heart disease, C) organ failure, etc. Solving "aging" means we don't just have to solve A, B or C but rather 'All of the above'. Much harder.
- Robotbeat 7y agoI think replacing parts is a good idea, but comes up against some harder limits... Surgery becomes harder to recover from as you get older. Cell division limits are a thing, build-up of scarring tissue, etc. So if we can address cellular aging mechanisms, I think we'll have the latitude to address some of the more macroscopic aging problems (like joints, etc) through surgery.