> One thing people lose sight of is what I call the "whack a mole" problem. Not that you said so, but I want to stress that the oversight you talk about isn't

> One thing people lose sight of is what I call the "whack a mole" problem. Not that you said so, but I want to stress that the oversight you talk about isn't entirely involuntary. There a good deal of refusing to look at the problem, while trying to solve it anyway. Looking at the Wikipedia page about the causes of death, I only see problems that few would not want solved. Plus, it seems to be exhaustive, so whacking every mole on this list would effectively Cure Death. But when I talk about it directly (as in "let's cure death"), reactions ranges from "it's impossible" to "why would you want to be immortal?"[1], to "that would be horrible!"[2]. Religion can also get in the way (though not systematically). [1]: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhoWantsToLiveForever http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhoWantsToLiveFor... [2]: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ImmortalityImmorality http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ImmortalityImmora...