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Good question. Agelessness is not as sustainable as reproduction. If something lived "forever" the ability to reproduce would have to go down to prevent overpop
by fractalf 6y ago
Good question. Agelessness is not as sustainable as reproduction. If something lived "forever" the ability to reproduce would have to go down to prevent overpopulation. The race would then be more wounerable to disease/disasters where a large population would die.
- graderjs 6y agoI guess the fact that the lack of mutation in a single lineage increases overspecialization which could lead to death en mass, is important too. So short, promiscuous lives maximize random changes in the gene pool, which increases the species' genetic diversity. That's the most convincing argument for me right now. If only there was a shot to make you not age, but also to mutate your germ cells to simulate greater diversity...