RE: Is aging a thing of the past?
January 12, 2014 at 12:35 pm
(This post was last modified: January 12, 2014 at 12:36 pm by c172.)
It's kind of painful to think tyhat there will ever be a cure for aging. Besides what has been mentioned that our bodies are composed of many systems (so, just because your lungs are OK doesn't mean your kidneys are), I can think of two issues that concern me. 1) Suicide would become a given. 2) What about infrastructural issues, such as retirement pension? If our lifespans become infinite, but our bodies are ready to retire from the workforce by 65, similar to now, how the hell do we pay for anything? Government would be bankrupt. Go back to 1)
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
