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Should We Develop Technology Which Dramatically Expands Our Lifespan ?
Alara TENDURUS
In today ’ s technology scientist have found ways to prolong the healthy lifespan of mice , worms and even monkeys . But for now , they are suggesting that until that time we can expand our lifespan by living healthy . Today , in the world our life expectancy is somewhere in the 80 ’ s . A century ago the age limit was 54 . ‘’ We ’ ve had a significant increase in lifespan over the last century ,” says Dr . Marie Bernard , deputy director of NIH ’ s National Institute on Aging . So , in this quote it is trying to say that every century we have an increase in our lifespan . One reason why that is so is we are producing medication for diseases . In this quote “ If I had to rank behaviors in terms of priority , I ’ d say that exercise is the most important thing associated with living longer and healthier ,” says Dr . Luigi Ferrucci , an NIH geriatrician who oversees research on aging and health . So , if we pass on , what about increasing our lifespan all the way to being immortal . Just to point out that being ageless is not the same thing as being immortal . As a scientist states “ You can ’ t know if you are immortal until you live forever ”. These include cryonics , life extension drugs and treatments , and perhaps uploading . These are ways to progress ( at least ) toward being ageless . By the way did you know that lobsters are actually immortal but they die because , as they grow , they have to shed their exoskeletons , and eventually die of exhaustion . This is because of an enzyme called telomerase . Well , there is no point in digging much deeper , we will find out soon but , if you ask me if we should develop technology for expanding our lifespan I would say , no .
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