In Mass Effect 1, I remember one of my team mates talking about how human beings now (at the time of Mass Effect) if they were lucky, could live to be up to 150. Is there any logic behind this besides new medical discoveries?
Mass Effect Aging
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Obviously they invented the anti-Aging cream Of Tomorrow!
But everything has its limits, so they still die.
But everything has its limits, so they still die.
Genetic manipulation before conception, or perhaps immediately after? Or maybe they found a way to make the human body produce less free-radicals, which are one of the biggest contributions to aging.
Well general better quality of life and nutrition, as well as better medical practices are ensuring the average age of death is rising right now so yes, it's possible.
Why not? Miranda can take a shotgun blast to the face and I can wake her up with Medi-gel. And she hasn't a scratch on her.
Maybe they just pump all humans full of that stuff. To preserve them, or something.
Maybe they just pump all humans full of that stuff. To preserve them, or something.
Yes. Medical studies will always be used but you could take in that since humans now live on other planets they can live longer. A planet could have a healthier environment than earth, humans after a decade or so can adapt to the new environment and build stronger immune systems thus allowing them to live longer.Celtic Predator said:
If people's minds and bodies still degrade at a similar rate those 150 year olds are going to be some sad puppies.
Edit: Come to that, didn't Miranda say here genetic mods would allow her to live half again as long as an average human? Maybe that's what they mean when they say humans can live to 150.
Edit: Come to that, didn't Miranda say here genetic mods would allow her to live half again as long as an average human? Maybe that's what they mean when they say humans can live to 150.
Well it's generally down to better infection prevention. Were scientists to eliminate the common cold we'd find outselves living significantly longer than we do now.
I got talking to a couple biologists a few years back and apparently, for each cold we get (which is 1 or 2 a year probably) it knocks 3 months off our lifespan. The amount of unseen damage from infection is apparently pretty brutal, we're losing like 30 years off our lives through the most mundane and treatable of conditions, harder stuff like cancer, aids etc does even more.
I got talking to a couple biologists a few years back and apparently, for each cold we get (which is 1 or 2 a year probably) it knocks 3 months off our lifespan. The amount of unseen damage from infection is apparently pretty brutal, we're losing like 30 years off our lives through the most mundane and treatable of conditions, harder stuff like cancer, aids etc does even more.