New Science Offers Regenerating Muscles To The Elderly
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Honestly, I'm with the first guy. Regardless of science's ability to make us immortal, I'd rather not exist past 30. Assuming I live that long anyway, I've long been planning to eat a gun to avoid even the idea that I've become old.Amnestic said:
Interesting....
I do wonder about the negative side effects, though... it can't all be positive, there's gotta be some reason, probably related to energy use, that the human body does what it does...
I do wonder about the negative side effects, though... it can't all be positive, there's gotta be some reason, probably related to energy use, that the human body does what it does...
See the major concern people seem to have with being old (and yes, I'm generalising here) is becoming unable to control themselves, unable to manage pain, unable to grasp their sadly dwindling sanity and generally having their body shut down.Earnest Cavalli said:
Or for the vain among us, wrinkles.
For the first part: Well, we'll see how far science can take us? Regenerating muscles today, regenerating neurons tomorrow and strengthened bones next week. If you could look as you do at 25 when you hit your 100th birthday, would you really feel the same way? Okay, not all too likely to happen in our lifetimes (as much as I'd like it), but would you still have an interest in fellating a gun barrel before 30 if you knew you could keep your young, spry body and keen mind 70 years on?
I hope that some day we have the option to either be excited for an afterlife or be excited for life.
I've always found it unfortunate that, at least as an Athiest, I don't have the option of just living until I get bored. That's why Video Games are so intriguing, the disconnect of death with finality is utterly erotic, I love the idea of the reset button or the endless quarters.
Hopefully in my lifetime. I'd love to live for millenia and watch humanity evolve. I have strong feelings that intellectuality will begin to consume people as technology becomes more and more exotic and exciting. I hope I'm right
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I personally have never been attracted to the concept of heaven so I'm pretty stoked.
I've always found it unfortunate that, at least as an Athiest, I don't have the option of just living until I get bored. That's why Video Games are so intriguing, the disconnect of death with finality is utterly erotic, I love the idea of the reset button or the endless quarters.
Hopefully in my lifetime. I'd love to live for millenia and watch humanity evolve. I have strong feelings that intellectuality will begin to consume people as technology becomes more and more exotic and exciting. I hope I'm right
.Your DNA breaks down as it replicates and you sort of rust out. Basically if they could make DNA repair at the same rate it degenerates there would be no aging. I don't think the brain falls under this but the rest of your body does.Booze Zombie said:
Actually millions of people would have the ultimate test of faith on their hands. They'd have to decide with dying and seeing if heaven exists or sticking with eternal life and seeing the basically infinite beauties and possibilities of real life.Amnestic said:
I personally have never been attracted to the concept of heaven so I'm pretty stoked.
Only a matter of time. The understanding of the brain is one of those fields that is just running on all cylinders. Makes sense too. If you were engorged with desire over understanding the brain would you want to allow your own brain to degenerate?SilentHunter7 said:
that is if we are lucky enougth for this to happen in our lifetime, and lucky enougth afterwords not to get trapped somewhere, or go insaine.theultimateend said:Hopefully in my lifetime. I'd love to live for millenia and watch humanity evolve. I have strong feelings that intellectuality will begin to consume people as technology becomes more and more exotic and exciting. I hope I'm right
Everyone seems to think immortality is awesome, and I can understand why, but you have the take into consideration that people may stop dying, but they'll keep being born. The world is getting overcrowded as is, do we really want the population to go up even faster?
Yeah, personally I think the old noggin' quitting on you is worse than being physically feeble. I've recently learned exactly how unpleasant watching someone slip into dementia is, and I'm willing to bet its a thousand times worse to actually live it.SilentHunter7 said:
I'm sure starvation would still kill youzidine100 said:that is if we are lucky enougth for this to happen in our lifetime, and lucky enougth afterwords not to get trapped somewhere, or go insaine.theultimateend said:Hopefully in my lifetime. I'd love to live for millenia and watch humanity evolve. I have strong feelings that intellectuality will begin to consume people as technology becomes more and more exotic and exciting. I hope I'm right
. Unless our bodies started generating energy from the gasses in the air around us.
Your profile saids your were born in 1983. By my accounts that means that your way past your expiration date. ^_^Earnest Cavalli said:
OP: Thats cool. Would it be possible to put my grandpa in the trial?
He's old, and cold.. and so very full of mold. [/crappyrhymeattempt]
Yay now my Pop can finally get his land legs. He's got bad leg muscles and it would be cool if he could end up being able to move about quickly again.
If people can remain healthy enough to work into old age it will slow the mounting problems of aging population in first world countries.Douk said:
Remember kids, cynicism does not equal intelligence.
