Re: Hmm, that looks interesting

Kermit <unrestrained_hand@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:bf9d40e5-3451-4e7a-
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On Jul 1, 4:02 am, spintronic <spintro...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 29 June, 19:28, JazzCat <richard.s...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Jun 29, 5:46 pm, spintronic <spintro...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090622171505.htm

Yes, very interesting. Why, did you have anything to say about it?

RS

My interest would be in aging.

Many organisms show no signs of age related decay.

Since aging is a complex payoff between the genes that
repair our chromosomes, the rate our stem cells are produced,
cell turnover, & cell damage, no doubt a powerful computer & a
more sophisticated version of this algorithm could in theory rewrite
any organisms genome (There are many projects doing this as we speak)
until it discovers one that finds equilibrium.
Whereby the organism is basically imortal.

I agree. In principle, we should be able to use the information in all
our cells (but erythrocytes) and maintain a person indefinitely. It
won't be soon, however :(

Kermit


You still have the problem of population control - hell, we're increasing
the human population at an unsustainable rate now, just think of the
problems we'd have if we were immortal. Then too, there is the power
structure problem - think how much fun we'd be having if, say, King George
III was still a) sane, and b) alive. Or John Calvin, or good ol' Marty
Luther. (Elizabeth Moon wrote several SF novels exploring some of the
effects of immortality (or effective rejuvenation) on power and politics..
Sporting Chance was one of them.) Nah, death in its own time is a blessing
rather than a curse.

.

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  • Re: Hmm, that looks interesting
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    (talk.origins)
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    ... My interest would be in aging. ... Many organisms show no signs of age related decay. ... our cells and maintain a person indefinitely. ... Riemann realised after closer inspection that his attempt to proof the eponymous conjecture did not worlk after all, gave up mathematics and went into naturalism big time. ...
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    ... My interest would be in aging. ... Many organisms show no signs of age related decay. ... repair our chromosomes, the rate our stem cells are produced, ... our cells and maintain a person indefinitely. ...
    (talk.origins)
  • The Evolution of Death.
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