Prediction: If you live for another 100 years, you will live forever.
I've taken a serious volte face on my health as a result of this. I've researched it relatively thoroughly (as in i've not dug into the exact science but I am aware of the overview, and the information isn't that freely available from private companies). We die from old age because only a high 90% of our cells in our body regenerate completely. A small fraction don't which is what causes us to die from old age. These cells eventually give out and down you go.
Extensive research is being done as to why cells regenerate, why some cells don't, and how you can make those that don't, do. Once we have perfect cell regeneration/replication, we live forever. Significant progress is being made (stemcells etc.) in this field.
If you choose to believe this (I do), how much are you prepared to change your life plans for this? If I can afford it and a comfortable existence in getting there, is my new minimum standard of living requirement for a job. Working all hours God sends puts you in an early grave.
Just sharing.
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Too long of a horizon and ambiguous chances to plan your life around in my opinion. I'd rather just do my thing and let the chips fall where they may.
The science to which you refer, halting telomere degeneration, seemingly doesn't halt brain cell decay. Therefore the approx. shelf-life of a "person" would be 250yrs. Interesting research though.
The bigger question is how this science impacts the ecosystem. Some have suggested if you take those drugs you should give up the right to have children. Interesting thought.
So now that we know we have much more time left ...it becomes even more reasonable to waste several years in IB, so we can enjoy the 100s ever after!!!
still need to reach the 125 year mark. Taking a superstressful job reduces that chance. It devalues superhigh stress jobs and puts more onus on a career that earns well with reasonable lifetoll.
So the world is being destroyed by ever increasing human presence and you think doubling the life span of people will be a good thing?
Death is essential for life. It provides a reference point, a frame for what is important. It is also fucking necessary. Instead of trying to live for 200 hundred years I suggest people have a life for the 70 they have right now. So much to see and do, RIGHT NOW, that people never take advantage of currently.
The government would never allow populations to get that massive. Many biologists argue that Earth is already at its carrying capacity.
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We had Aubrey de Grey come speak here recently. It was intriguing to say the least, but as it stands I don't think we will see life extensions for at least a few hundred years. That is, unless we have a huge surge in funding and interest in the topic, which most people still deem as a "fringe" science.
Just in time for WWIII!
I wouldn't want to live forever, but I would like to live WAY past 100 years
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