Re: WE ARE PROGRAMED TO AGE AND DIE.
- From: mstemper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Michael Stemper)
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 18:09:53 +0000 (UTC)
In article <4AF27502.3010609@xxxxxxxxx>, Ron Dean <rdean@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
Iain wrote:
No. The whole point is that this is all we can do while the agingWe do understand a great deal, while there is much to know.
process is not understood.
Why does a dog live just a few years over 10, while the
green sea turtle live hundreds of years?
This we do understand. There is a childhood condition in
which a child seems normal until he or she reaches about
10 years old.
ObSFW: "Hostess" by Isaac Asimov
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