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sigh.> Incompatible browser extension or network configuration > Temporarily disable browser extensions: > > 1. Go to your browser settings. > 2. Locate your browser extensions and temporarily disable them. > 3. Once browser extensions are disabled, refresh this page.by m463- My nightmare is that we solve aging just in time for the Baby Boomers to live forever.by sgnelson
- If something like this ever becomes a practical application on the organismal level, the octogenarian dictators of the world will rejoice.by layer8
- Because this is the worst timeline, we're getting cell reprogramming used to grow artificial brains to run AI workloads before functional aging remediation... let alone GTA VI.by bitwize
- Sounds like the immortal jellyfish solution. We squeeze entropy out of our DNA by creating a new fresh cell (ovum) that’s very sensitive to genetic defects, meaning if it survives it’s probably good. The jellyfish just shrinks back to a single cell (presumably with some mechanism for keeping the ‘best’ cell) to reset the damage. This is doing the same thing, but piece by piece.
Edit: And wow, that abstract appears to have eaten an entire thesaurus.
by taneq - Slightly tangential: Michael Levin’s work on bioelectricity and cell reprogramming is pretty interesting in context of emergent behaviors in groups of cells. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Levin_(biologist)by inshard
- It may be a dumb reason to do it, but recently I've started to focus on my health a bit more because of news like this (more exercise and healthier food).
The thinking is, if we find a way to massively extend the human lifespan/reverse aging I want to live long enough for that.
I'd be pissed if we as humanity solved aging and I die just before that, not taking any chances.
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