Re: why / how do people die of old age?

seagate1556@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

I don't know about some peeps here, but I often wonder what it is that
makes people die from old age alone.

And no, I'm not talking about death from cancer, thrombosis, diabetic
complications, etc.

Doesn't it seem 'interesting' to think that old age itself will one
day make you pass out for good in the middle of an activity?

Parts is parts, and parts wear out.
We are designed to have a limited operational period and outside of
altering our genetic diagram, or using stem cells to rebuild failing
components, when we're done................we're done.
We don't really die of old age, we die of system failure.


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