(May 18, 2016 at 8:30 am)KUSA Wrote:(May 18, 2016 at 8:24 am)ignoramus Wrote: Serious question guys ...forget entropy, etc.
Why the hell can't our dna regenerate our cells with optimum information? Rather than ageing us?
Can scientists ever manipulate our dna and create the "fountain of youth"? I think so.
What if scientists could make a younger version of you in a machine and give it all of your memories? Would you let them kill you and let the newer better version live on in your place?
No, I wouldn't.
This is somewhat similar to robvalue's VR thread, and thus my answer would also be similar. I would not because I am attached to the me that is currently typing this post, not to that other version of me who I would see as a separate entity from me.
