Just great; adding another 50 years I have to wait for certain (corrupt, well-funded) people to stop obstructing improvement.
Humans Could Live up to 150 Years, New Research Suggests
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Re: Humans Could Live up to 150 Years, New Research Suggests
#162“No more shall an infant from there live but a few days, nor an old man who has not fulfilled his days; for the child shall die one hundred years old, but the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed” (Isaiah 65:20 NKJV).
It’s happening just as predicted.
Re: Humans Could Live up to 150 Years, New Research Suggests
#163Earlier quoted context omitted.
I disagree with the paper because it neglects the possibility of engineered approaches to reverse the mechanisms of ageing
That's like disagreeing with a paper on orbital mechanics because it neglects the possibility of inventing a warp drive. So far there is no clear engineering path for reversing the mechanisms of ageing; that remains in the science fiction realm.
It's real -- look at biogerontology
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#164Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unless you want to debase the world "religion" until it no longer has any meaning - no, it isn't.
It’s a set of beliefs about how you should view and act in the world, that’s good enough.
Those are a "philosophy" or "ethical framework" or "moral code", not a religion. Religion by definition entails belief in the supernatural - i.e., that which there is no evidence for, or we would simply call it "physics".
Re: Humans Could Live up to 150 Years, New Research Suggests
#165Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's like disagreeing with a paper on orbital mechanics because it neglects the possibility of inventing a warp drive. So far there is no clear engineering path for reversing the mechanisms of ageing; that remains in the science fiction realm.
It's real -- look at biogerontology
It's an area of research. So far it hasn't produced any practically useful results.
Re: Humans Could Live up to 150 Years, New Research Suggests
#166Earlier quoted context omitted.
It’s a set of beliefs about how you should view and act in the world, that’s good enough.
Those are a "philosophy" or "ethical framework" or "moral code", not a religion. Religion by definition entails belief in the supernatural - i.e., that which there is no evidence for, or we would simply call it "physics".
If you de facto deny that supernatural events can’t happen, I’d say you have some pretty strong religious beliefs. If you want to deny that, I’d say that just means you’re not particularly self aware. You can play word games all day, but at the end of the day you’re operating from a set of unproven religious presuppositions about how the world operates (naturalism) and filtering everything through that lens. But I don’t think we’re going to get any further. Good day, sir.
Re: Humans Could Live up to 150 Years, New Research Suggests
#167Earlier quoted context omitted.
Those are a "philosophy" or "ethical framework" or "moral code", not a religion. Religion by definition entails belief in the supernatural - i.e., that which there is no evidence for, or we would simply call it "physics".
If you de facto deny that supernatural events can’t happen, I’d say you have some pretty strong religious beliefs. If you want to deny that, I’d say that just means you’re not particularly self aware. You can play word games all day, but at the end of the day you’re operating from a set of unproven religious presuppositions about how the world operates (naturalism) and filtering everything through that lens. But I do…
*can