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> People in general refuse to treat ageing as a disease, thinking it is something natural. Aging is not natural? I certainly understand why someone would not c

> People in general refuse to treat ageing as a disease, thinking it is something natural. Aging is not natural? I certainly understand why someone would not consider it a disorder. > I want a few million years of a healthy young life. I would avoid literal genies if I were you.

indecisive_user 5y ago
Aging is natural the same way heart disease and cancer are natural. Some people get unlucky and develop cancer at a young age, but we don't throw up our hands and say whelp it's just nature. We should treat aging the same way. Some people's bodies fail them at 80, but others live to be 100+. If we develop good treatments there's no reason that everyone can't live to be 100 in relatively good health.
- ZephyrBlu 5y ago
  > Aging is natural the same way heart disease and cancer are natural How are heart disease and cancer not natural? Aging is also slightly different in that it's how our bodies are supposed to work as far as I understand it, which is not very well (Possibly as a cancer prevention mechanism). Telomeres and Aging: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telomere#Association_with_aging https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telomere#Association_with_agin... Telomeres and Cancer prevention: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telomere#Telomerase https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telomere#Telomerase
  - kelnos 5y ago
    > How are heart disease and cancer not natural? The parent isn't claiming that; they are pointing out that heart disease and cancer are just as natural as aging. We spend a lot of effort to cure heart disease and cancer, so why not do the same with aging?
    - SV_BubbleTime 5y ago
      Because aging is not a disorder. No one expects heart disease or cancer. everyone expects to get older… regardless if you’d like this or not.
pochekailov 5y ago
Ageing is natural and harmful. Hunger is natural and harmful. Earthquakes, hurricanes, plaque are natural and harmful. We should mercilessly fight all of those, and ensure either of those maladies cause people to die.

indecisive_user 5y ago

Aging is natural the same way heart disease and cancer are natural. Some people get unlucky and develop cancer at a young age, but we don't throw up our hands and say whelp it's just nature. We should treat aging the same way. Some people's bodies fail them at 80, but others live to be 100+. If we develop good treatments there's no reason that everyone can't live to be 100 in relatively good health.

ZephyrBlu 5y ago
> Aging is natural the same way heart disease and cancer are natural How are heart disease and cancer not natural? Aging is also slightly different in that it's how our bodies are supposed to work as far as I understand it, which is not very well (Possibly as a cancer prevention mechanism). Telomeres and Aging: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telomere#Association_with_aging https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telomere#Association_with_agin... Telomeres and Cancer prevention: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telomere#Telomerase https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telomere#Telomerase
- kelnos 5y ago
  > How are heart disease and cancer not natural? The parent isn't claiming that; they are pointing out that heart disease and cancer are just as natural as aging. We spend a lot of effort to cure heart disease and cancer, so why not do the same with aging?
  - SV_BubbleTime 5y ago
    Because aging is not a disorder. No one expects heart disease or cancer. everyone expects to get older… regardless if you’d like this or not.

pochekailov 5y ago

Ageing is natural and harmful. Hunger is natural and harmful. Earthquakes, hurricanes, plaque are natural and harmful. We should mercilessly fight all of those, and ensure either of those maladies cause people to die.