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I can't recall the source (probably a special on the Science channel or somesuch), but I heard that if we "cured" aging and no one died from getting old, that t
by sethammons 13y ago
I can't recall the source (probably a special on the Science channel or somesuch), but I heard that if we "cured" aging and no one died from getting old, that the average lifespan would be between 1.5k and 2.5k years where one would die of an accident or disease. I'd take my chances with that :)
- gte910h 13y agoI'd read it was bout 600 years with current safety standards, and car accident was right above die in the shower.
- tesseractive 13y agoCuring cellular aging would not, as far as I know, have any effect on cancer. Whether it would have any effect on other problems like decreasing bone density, I'm not sure. So even if you sweep one cause of death completely off the table, it stands to reason that whatever you would have died from next will still be around to do the job until it, too, is cured. Much like when you add more of the limiting reagent to a chemical reaction, it just means that some other reagent will now be the limiting reagent.