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if you think our self-healing capacity only increases our lifespan by 30% you are far off...
by dinkblam 2y ago
if you think our self-healing capacity only increases our lifespan by 30% you are far off...
- schneems 2y agoAre you disagreeing with the analogy by accident or on purpose? All metaphors and analogies are imperfect. They were refuting the idea that self healing == immortal. Your nitpick over the 30% number doesn’t really diminish that. Or if you’re trying to make a joke, then could you state your support/opposition clearly and independently from your joke please?
- SecretDreams 2y agoHow much would our life increase if we got 30% more self healing, though?
- Borg3 2y agoWe would live probably 30% shorter. More self healing, more replication, more offset in DNA means you reach eldery quicker. Every replication event contain tiny chance of mutation as well.
- SecretDreams 2y agoCancer comes from mistakes in the self healing process and erosion of the DNA chain. I think it's implicit that 30% more self healing means "30% more self healing correctly" and not "30% more healing for the same amount of injuries". I think the former is also analogous to the road example.
- hidroto 2y agoour cancers may get 30% more healing too. so i would say not all that much. i would rather be 30% less accident prone, if that makes sense.
- SecretDreams 2y agoCancer comes from mistakes in the self healing process and erosion of the DNA chain. I think it's implicit that 30% more self healing means "30% more self healing correctly" and not "30% more healing for the same amount of injuries". I think the former is also analogous to the road example. All that said, I, too, would like to reduce my accidents by 30%. Notably around my weak ankles in soccer!