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> if aging didn't seem just natural and the idea of a defeating it didn't seem a bit crazy I can't imagine having this mentality Of course aging is something we will solve - probably within the next 1000 years. We will look back on these times like before humans wore clothes and had language.
I agree, but just look around in this thread and you'll see it.
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> Since on 1 hand you got an afterlife, eternity, and what-not. You asked about the existence of God, not the existence of an afterlife. In any case, if there is some sort of afterlife, then eternal material life would impede us as a species because it would prevent attaining it. If there is no afterlife, then eternal material life would impede us as a species by preventing growth and adaptation.
Actually, there was a recent breakthrough that might be the door to open a path to addressing age related degeneration (I’m assuming this is what you mean, not immortality). The enzyme is called CMLase and it prevent the glycoslylation that leads to stiff collagen and aging in the skin. The keys are probably things like preserving cell metabolism, boosting mitochondrial function, preventing telomere shortening, and r…
How old are you?
we don't solve aging because people like to live in ways that are unhealthy. There is no cure for a sedentary lifestyle or a poor diet.
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> if aging didn't seem just natural and the idea of a defeating it didn't seem a bit crazy I can't imagine having this mentality Of course aging is something we will solve - probably within the next 1000 years. We will look back on these times like before humans wore clothes and had language.
> Of course aging is something we will solve - probably within the next 1000 years. I'm imagining you as the son of an Egyptian Pharaoh telling this to his dad. "Really, skip the embalming! If we get you on ice, then they'll be able to revive you by at least 1200 BCE!"