Immortality.

[Rita]

I've recently heard about a new concept.

According to new studies, the human body is meant to last at least 200 years. However, a genetic mutation from over time in our coding turns on a deterioration gene, causing us to wrinkle and age. By age I do not mean grow, such as puberty or adulthood, but the transition into the elderly, when the body grows weaker and wrinkled.

The best part is-- scientists are trying to find a way to turn it off, allowing a human to possibly live forever without dying of age. Poor health and disease or accidents can still kill a person (things like smoking, drinking, getting hit by a car or jumping off a building), but humans will never grow old if this gene is turned off.

Up to the 1800s (to my knowledge), the average age of death was still around 25 to 30 years old, never really getting a chance to become wrinkled and old, but some did live that long.

I thought a lot of you might like to learn about this, because I was positively elated knowing that the Fountain of Youth has gained a speck of reality.

So, the question. Is it immoral? If we weren't originally meant to grow old and have our bodies break down while our minds are still fresh, should we fix the error?

I say yes. What about you?

[rAvInPsYcHoNaUt]

Not unless we reach a technological singularity.


Because otherwise we would exhaust our resources in such a short period of time, considering the fact that we only inhabit this one planet...Over population eeeek.

...And off into space we go!

[jenny]

Why do i have this funny feeling i don't know why it popped ion my head but roaches will out lives us..lol

[Razgriz]

Ummmm...Bad idea! Go watch the movie Soylent Green and you'll see why.

Furthermore...I wouldn't want to live forever...not here anyway.

[XxPinkPantherxX]

Fuck immortality i wouldn't wanna live for that long 70-100 years is fine for me