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When the upside is extraordinary, it’s very reasonable to expect some downside, just based on experience of, like, everything ever. As well as the undeniable b
by jl6 1y ago
When the upside is extraordinary, it’s very reasonable to expect some downside, just based on experience of, like, everything ever.
As well as the undeniable benefit to individuals, a cure for aging would unleash a whole new bunch of problems that have been kept in check through the mechanism of people dying off regularly. A society of immortals could be quite alien to us.
- somesortofthing 1y agoBiology is one of very few areas of science where you do just find free lunches sometimes. Human bodies are adapted to environments with harsh constraints about injuries, pathogens, temperature, energy usage, etc. The only catch to counteracting those adaptations is that it makes you worse at being a hunter-gatherer.
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago> Biology is one of very few areas of science where you do just find free lunches sometimes Good example is vitamin supplementation. There isn't a downside. It's just a fuck-up we can't synthesise vitamin C. (There may be path-dependent benefits, e.g. our jaw muscles getting smaller thereby permitting a larger brain. But we don't need to be vitamin C restricted anymore.)
- throwuxiytayq 1y agoSame to be said about the solution for hunger, pain, sadness, madness. I guess we better stay where are just in case.