Science Cure for Aging, coming soon?

[Charlie]

So this is a click bait sort of video from Joe Scott - talking about the recent advancements related aging.
Thought it was interesting so I decided to share here, enjoy!

 

[Sanity Check]

Many figures in the old testament lived to be 200 to 900 years old.

That could be a normal lifespan for a human in perfect balance with nature.

The bible claims the land became polluted and tainted. Which it claims led to reduced lifespan.

It is acknowledged that fertility rates in rural regions are higher. In contrast to city fertility rates. Due to cities having greater light, noise and assorted pollution.

There could be some truth to these claims which can be verified by statistics.

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Cryogenic freezing is something I think about when I put food in a microwave.

Its hard to get everything to heat at the same rate.

Which I think translates to attempts to create a legit thawing and warming process post cryogenic freeze.

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That's a good list he has there. Fasting and calorie reductions are good.

Rebooting genetic process might be difficult as the genetic code of a person tends to degrade over time.

I think its been said that every cell in the body is replaced roughly every 6 years. That could make it hard to find an older copy of genetic material that is less damaged.

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How Hormone Therapies Are Transforming Aging

Ever wonder why old rich guys are looking a little more muscular these days?

www.gq.com

 

[kkck]

I imagine that curing aging without a way to get rid of heavy metals which otherwise inevitably accumulate in the body is a bad idea. You'd be an immortal potato by 160... give or take however many years.....

 

[Charlie]

I imagine that curing aging without a way to get rid of heavy metals which otherwise inevitably accumulate in the body is a bad idea. You'd be an immortal potato by 160... give or take however many years.....

You got a good point. I can only imagine the improvements to the quality of life with said toxins out of the body.

 

[Franckie]

Even with current advancements, I highly doubt humans can survive past ~120 years. And I'm not entirely sure it's a good thing with issues like dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Dying "younger" may in fact be a blessing in disguise considering what everyone has to go through.

In the long run, I just don't see the human race surviving. Rather, our future robot overlords will be our "descendants" who'll go on to revolutionize space flight, and who knows, possibly even traveling to other universes.

 

[kkck]

I wonder what motivations future robots could have to master space flight...

 

[Charlie]

Perhaps not master per-se but helpful in doing mundane or repetitive work will be useful for us as the 'master race'.

 

[Sanity Check]

Wild turtles age slowly. Some basically don't age at all

New research finds that turtles in the wild age slowly and have long lifespans, and identifies several species that essentially don't age at all.

www.futurity.org

New research finds that turtles in the wild age slowly and have long lifespans, and identifies several species that essentially don’t age at all.


Good commentary on the topic.

 

[Franckie]

Besides turtles, there's an actual jellyfish that is known to be biologically immortal.

I wonder what motivations future robots could have to master space flight...

To boldly go where no man has gone before.

 

[Sanity Check]

Besides turtles, there's an actual jellyfish that is known to be biologically immortal.

Yes.

I thought about posting that, too.

400-year-old Greenland shark ‘longest-living vertebrate’

Scientists say they have found a Greenland shark that is about 400 years old - making it the longest-living vertebrate known.

www.bbc.com

400-year-old Greenland shark ‘longest-living vertebrate’


Another good.

 

[Sanity Check]

Pig organs partially revived in dead animals — researchers are stunned

Scientists warn that the findings aren’t yet clinically relevant but say the research raises ethical questions about the definition of death.

www.nature.com

Researchers have restored1 circulation and cellular activity in the vital organs of pigs, such as the heart and brain, one hour after the animals died. The research challenges the idea that cardiac death — which occurs when blood circulation and oxygenation stops — is irreversible, and raises ethical questions about the definition of death. The work follows 2019 experiments2 by the same scientists in which they revived the disembodied brains of pigs four hours after the animals died, calling into question the idea that brain death is final.

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Not sure about this.

 

[SonOfDaws]

As far as I can tell, most animals that live in captivity outlive their wildlife counterparts, but as far as I can tell, most people wouldn't consider the opportunity to live in a zoo to be much of a blessing.

Regardless, the human body is a blessing but also a tool: The goodness that comes from it is in large part dependent on what is done with it and, if we're looking at Biblical wisdom, then we have to coincide that humanity will inevitably accumulate errors over time until catastrophic physical death is brought about. Instances of societies and even most of the world reaching such a point are repeatedly talked about throughout the Bible and the written story of the Bible even ends with the physical death of the world as we know it.

Generally speaking, we should be striving for improved health and lifespan, but the skin on one's own back isn't the most important thing in the world.

If death is accepted as an inevitably, then the goodness in life will come easier.