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Title: Have they found the elixir of eternal youth? Scientists reverse the ageing process in landmark trial
Category: Science
Posted By: Hyack
Date: 2010-11-29 15:12:34

[KorbenDeck]

If they do find the elixir of youth they need to make sure anyone who takes it cannot collect a pension of any form otherwise we are royally screwed

[Public_Domain]

Man science is weird sometimes..

[xerxes]

Honestly, I wouldn't want to live forever. A few hundred years sure, but not forever.

5 Reasons Immortality Would be Worse than Death

http://www.cracked.com/article_18708_5-reasons-immortality-would-be-worse-than-death.html

[jeff744]

xerxes xerxes:

Honestly, I wouldn't want to live forever. A few hundred years sure, but not forever.

5 Reasons Immortality Would be Worse than Death

http://www.cracked.com/article_18708_5-reasons-immortality-would-be-worse-than-death.html

I would personally enjoy it, most of the issues would be solved with an increasing reliance on technology and due to a major in History I like to watch it happen.

[KorbenDeck]

You wouldn't live forever, since they do not expect the universe to exist forever.

[jeff744]

We have a few billion years to solve that one...if we don't blow ourselves up by then.

[KorbenDeck]

xerxes xerxes:

Honestly, I wouldn't want to live forever. A few hundred years sure, but not forever.

5 Reasons Immortality Would be Worse than Death

http://www.cracked.com/article_18708_5-reasons-immortality-would-be-worse-than-death.html

You would become a god since each generation is getting dumber and dumber

[PublicAnimalNo9]

KorbenDeck KorbenDeck:

xerxes xerxes:

Honestly, I wouldn't want to live forever. A few hundred years sure, but not forever.

5 Reasons Immortality Would be Worse than Death

http://www.cracked.com/article_18708_5-reasons-immortality-would-be-worse-than-death.html

You would become a god since each generation is getting dumber and dumber

No doubt eh? So much for evolution improving the species

[Zipperfish]

KorbenDeck KorbenDeck:

If they do find the elixir of youth they need to make sure anyone who takes it cannot collect a pension of any form otherwise we are royally screwed

Yeah, the government would be hadning out free smokes to people. "Here guys, try it, you'll like it. Or how 'bout some free Extreme Skydiving classes?"

[PublicAnimalNo9]

Why do I get the feeling when you say "Extreme" you mean parachute free?

[SprCForr]

Noooooo, this is not good news!!!

Us men get to die first and no one is going to take that from meeeeee!!!!!!

[Khar]

For those wondering, Dr. Ronald DePinho is no slouch in his research area. The Nobel Prize for telomere research which was awarded in 2009 (with a severe lack of fanfare in the medical research community, reaction to it was kind of split) to three scientists went to one scientist who collaborates closely with DePinho, who himself is well known for his past work coming out of Harvard.

[billypilgrim]

i wonder what name they'll give the tax that will be collected on everlasting life.

[KorbenDeck]

PublicAnimalNo9 PublicAnimalNo9:

No doubt eh? So much for evolution improving the species

We "beat" evolution the moment we decide everyone was equal no matter what.