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This is not merely a biomedical problem ("solving" aging). As others indicate there are societal issues, but one thing that doesn't get mentioned is the new pro
by angdis 12y ago
This is not merely a biomedical problem ("solving" aging). As others indicate there are societal issues, but one thing that doesn't get mentioned is the new problems that living a long time will uncover. Modern medicine has nearly doubled human lifespan, but we now have disease, like cancer and heart-disease that was effectively unheard of before it. What kinds of new ailments will living to 500 uncover. Will people even _WANT_ to live that long? I'd take the word of an octogenarian with more weight than a 20-something on that issue.
- astazangasta 12y agoCounterfactual. An octogenarian in an old man's body might be ready to die. An octogenarian who looks and fucks like a 25 year old? Maybe not.
- angdis 12y agoPerhaps, but I think that if this comes to pass, we're going to have people who look and fuck like octogenarians for more than half their lives.