Ageing process is unstoppable, finds unprecedented study
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Ageing process is unstoppable, finds unprecedented study
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Re: Ageing process is unstoppable, finds unprecedented study
#2The article doesn't seem to say that a "cure" for aging is impossible, just that we shouldn't assume that because people have been living for longer and longer, that doesn't mean that there's no (current) upper limit.
Re: Ageing process is unstoppable, finds unprecedented study
#3The article doesn't seem to say that a "cure" for aging is impossible, just that we shouldn't assume that because people have been living for longer and longer, that doesn't mean that there's no (current) upper limit.
I've always wondered whether there is an upper limit to mental endurance regarding the will to live, e.g. would you grow tired of life after a certain point?
What if you were truly immortal, wouldn't you be driven mad soon enough?
Re: Ageing process is unstoppable, finds unprecedented study
#4The article doesn't seem to say that a "cure" for aging is impossible, just that we shouldn't assume that because people have been living for longer and longer, that doesn't mean that there's no (current) upper limit.
I've always wondered whether there is an upper limit to mental endurance regarding the will to live, e.g. would you grow tired of life after a certain point? What if you were truly immortal, wouldn't you be driven mad soon enough?
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Re: Ageing process is unstoppable, finds unprecedented study
#5The article doesn't seem to say that a "cure" for aging is impossible, just that we shouldn't assume that because people have been living for longer and longer, that doesn't mean that there's no (current) upper limit.
I've always wondered whether there is an upper limit to mental endurance regarding the will to live, e.g. would you grow tired of life after a certain point? What if you were truly immortal, wouldn't you be driven mad soon enough?
I presume that given effective physical and mental immortality you'd see relatively few people hit 1,000 years simply because a lot of people would run out of meaningful things to do before then, and we don't tend to do well in that situation.
Statistically if I remember the half-life of people dying from random accidents is somewhere around 300-500 years, although presumably the level of technology required to completely cure aging would presumably make that number larger.
Re: Ageing process is unstoppable, finds unprecedented study
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've always wondered whether there is an upper limit to mental endurance regarding the will to live, e.g. would you grow tired of life after a certain point? What if you were truly immortal, wouldn't you be driven mad soon enough?
I presume that given effective physical and mental immortality you'd see relatively few people hit 1,000 years simply because a lot of people would run out of meaningful things to do before then, and we don't tend to do well in that situation. Statistically if I remember the half-life of people dying from random accidents is somewhere around 300-500 years, although presumably the level of technology required to compl…
Even if you could live forever, you'd probably still feel that you don't have enough time. There are so many amazing things in the world and more are created every day. Even if you have an eternity, it's not enough, because you still only have 24 hours in a day and 365 days in a year.
Re: Ageing process is unstoppable, finds unprecedented study
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
I presume that given effective physical and mental immortality you'd see relatively few people hit 1,000 years simply because a lot of people would run out of meaningful things to do before then, and we don't tend to do well in that situation. Statistically if I remember the half-life of people dying from random accidents is somewhere around 300-500 years, although presumably the level of technology required to compl…
Even if you could live forever, you'd probably still feel that you don't have enough time. There are so many amazing things in the world and more are created every day. Even if you have an eternity, it's not enough, because you still only have 24 hours in a day and 365 days in a year.
Time would feel faster too. We perceive time moving faster as we age.
Apparently, it’s because our perception of time is relative. At 5 years old, 1 year feels like a long time because it’s 20% of our lives. But 1 year at 30 years old is a much smaller fraction.
Re: Ageing process is unstoppable, finds unprecedented study
#8Link with much better coverage of the study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-23894-3
Re: Ageing process is unstoppable, finds unprecedented study
#9I'm not certain that the article really does show that the "Ageing process is unstoppable" which is the title of the Guardian article. The title on MedicalXpress article is "We aren't living longer: Our improved lifespan is the result of not dying young" which seems to fit the study better
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-06-longer-lifespan-resul...
Re: Ageing process is unstoppable, finds unprecedented study
#10"Study proves a negative!"