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2010-12-20 Science & Technology
Science says it is possible to be forever young
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Posted by Fred 2010-12-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ]  Top

#1 Given the financial state of the pension plans throughout the industrialized world, Dr Ronald is asking for an accident.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2010-12-20 09:26||   2010-12-20 09:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Heh. And the arthritis and plaque buildup in the cardiovascular system just melt away, too!
Posted by gorb 2010-12-20 11:06||   2010-12-20 11:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Anti-aging will never perform particularly well, because the aging system is set up for degeneration, for biological reasons. However, there is another way that evades the problem.

Best typified by of all things, a jellyfish, it is for a mature organism, that has reproduced, to revert to a juvenile state. This works because it takes the entire system, including the aging processes, "back in time", in a manner of speaking.

Typically, people assume that a jellyfish could do this only because it is a simple organism, but this is not the case. Various types of jellyfish have a range of chromosomes from fewer than humans, to many times that of humans. (N.B.: humans have actually shed unneeded chromosomes in past.)

That being said, except for the hard part of figuring out *how* to revert humans to a juvenile state safely, there is no particular reason why we *can't* do this.

But, then again, would you want to be five years old again? How about two?
Posted by  Anonymoose 2010-12-20 12:21||   2010-12-20 12:21|| Front Page Top

#4 How about two?

Depends. Would I get breastfed?
Posted by gorb 2010-12-20 12:44||   2010-12-20 12:44|| Front Page Top

#5 This is all we need. Government is drooling over potential long term tax revenue. I can see it now.
Pay your taxes or you don't get your genetic enhancement. Recharge booths at you favorite locations. Them that has versus them that gets.
Posted by Dale 2010-12-20 12:46||   2010-12-20 12:46|| Front Page Top

#6 Zardoz is pleased.
Posted by swksvolFF 2010-12-20 12:58||   2010-12-20 12:58|| Front Page Top

#7 sure Gorb - by a 128 yr old Helen Thomas
Posted by Frank G 2010-12-20 14:06||   2010-12-20 14:06|| Front Page Top

#8 As long as I don't have to go through puberty again, I'll do it.
Posted by DarthVader 2010-12-20 14:26||   2010-12-20 14:26|| Front Page Top

#9 Reverting humans to a Juvenile state is easy. Just add copious amounts of booze. Before you know it they're be giggling at farts, burps, and other bodily functions.

Ask any bartender.

Posted by CrazyFool 2010-12-20 14:36||   2010-12-20 14:36|| Front Page Top

#10 "Forever Young"

May God bless and keep you always
May your wishes all come true
May you always do for others
And let others do for you
May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb on every rung
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young.

May you grow up to be righteous
May you grow up to be true
May you always know the truth
And see the lights surrounding you
May you always be courageous
Stand upright and be strong
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young.

May your hands always be busy
May your feet always be swift
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift
May your heart always be joyful
And may your song always be sung
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young.
Posted by Omolurong Ghibelline1929 2010-12-20 14:51||   2010-12-20 14:51|| Front Page Top

#11 OG 1929 the Alphaville or Jay-Z version?
Posted by Beavis 2010-12-20 14:59||   2010-12-20 14:59|| Front Page Top

#12 It's like I told my mom when she married a guy my age: you're only as old as the man you feel!
Posted by Secret Master 2010-12-20 15:18||   2010-12-20 15:18|| Front Page Top

#13 Just ask the Cumaean Sibyl about how that all works out.

"Nam Sibyllam quidem Cumis ego ipse oculis meis vidi in ampulla pendere, et cum illi pueri dicerent: Σίβυλλα τί θέλεις; respondebat illa: aποθανεiν θέλω."
Posted by Scooter McGruder 2010-12-20 15:38||   2010-12-20 15:38|| Front Page Top

#14 sure Gorb - by a 128 yr old Helen Thomas

No thanks. I prefer death.
Posted by gorb 2010-12-20 15:41||   2010-12-20 15:41|| Front Page Top

#15 Guy climbs to the top of a high mountain in the Himalayas to visit a true Indian guru...

"How can I live forever?" he asks.

The guru sits there and thinks for awhile and responds....

"Do you drink alcohol?"

"Yes, I've taken a sip occasionally."

"No more Drinking!"

"Ok I guess I can do that. Anything else?"

"Do you smoke?"

"Yes I light up the pipe once in a while. Why?"

"No more Smoking!"

"OK... well I guess I can go without that too...."

"Do you eat meat?"

"Sure! I love a good steak!"

"No more Meat!"

"Oh! Um... well I guess so...."

"Do you have sex?"

"Oh yes! Me and my girlfriend go at it all the time!"

"No more Sex!"

At this point the guy is rather suprised at the high price and asks, "So if I give up drinking, smoking, meat and sex I will live forever right?"

The guru looks him in the eye and response, "Don't know. But it would seem like an Eternity!"
Posted by CrazyFool 2010-12-20 15:54||   2010-12-20 15:54|| Front Page Top

#16 Love the humor. You were being funny I hope.
I got laughing Einstein on my approach. Go figure.
Posted by Dale 2010-12-20 16:15||   2010-12-20 16:15|| Front Page Top

#17 Like Loretta Lynn says: "Everbody wants to go to heaven but no one wants to die."
Posted by JohnQC 2010-12-20 17:53||   2010-12-20 17:53|| Front Page Top

#18 I for one still feel like a teenager.... albeit a very sick teenager.
Posted by Zombie Hillary Lover 2010-12-20 19:44||   2010-12-20 19:44|| Front Page Top

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