Humans could live to 500 years old.

by David Braybrooke

Posted: 10 years ago 16 replies

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But would you want to?

Simple gene tweak could make it possible to live to 500 years old | MNN - Mother Nature Network

mikeu1 10 years ago

WHY NOT AS LONG AS I AM HEALTHY AND CAN TAKE CARE OF MY SELF, CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW MUCH KNOWLEDGE YOU WOULD GAIN WOW
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- fastreplies 10 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by mikeu1
  
  WHY NOT AS LONG AS I AM HEALTHY AND CAN TAKE CARE OF MY SELF, CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW MUCH KNOWLEDGE YOU WOULD GAIN WOW
  
  If only I can remember where I put my denture, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
  
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HeySal 10 years ago

Yeah - I could do 500. Given the current state of the planet I really don't think we have 500 years left as a species, but I could do that one. Immortality or a thousand might get just too wierd, but a couple hundred would be good -- specifically for reasons that the guy above was SHOUTING about. Think of what you could learn in that amount of time.
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- Claude Whitacre 10 years ago
  
  It's an extreme stretch to think that what works on nematode worms will work on us. Researchers also more than doubled the nematode worms' lifespan by reducing it's caloric intake. (several years ago)
  
  Of course, there is the possibility that the worms simply lied about their age. They are known for that kind of consumer fraud. Damn nematode worms.
  
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  Kay King 10 years ago
  
  It would be interesting - but how long could the planet support a population that didn't die off for hundreds of years?
  
  Assuming the life span was on the same time frame as the current life span - you'd be an adult at about 100 and wouldn't retire until you were 400 or so.
  
  You'd have to raise kids for 100 years? Can you imagine working for 300 years at a job that sucked?
  
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  Dennis Gaskill 10 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Kay King
  
  Can you imagine working for 300 years at a job that sucked?
  
  I can't imagine working 300 years at a job I loved. Any job would get old in that amount of time. And the new retirement age would be what, 450?
  
  Hard to imagine living with the same person for several hundred years not getting tiresome, too. I imagine the divorce rate would be in the 90+ percentile range for those in the upper age groups.
  
  Our spine compresses as we get older too. In 500 years you might be short enough to walk under the chair you're now sitting in. Half the population would be nicknamed "Shorty."
  
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  mikeu1 10 years ago
  
  There will be lots of time to build a huge business of your own and enjoy the perks
  
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taskemann 10 years ago

No. I don't want to survive my children and my grand children. 90 seems like a nice age to die.
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Sarevok 10 years ago

I'm still a spring chicken and I'm already bored

500 years? No wai.
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- MissTerraK 10 years ago
  
  Oh Heck No!
  
  Nobody tweaks with my genes!
  
  They're family heirlooms for cryin' out loud, passed down from generations and generations and generations, not even mentioning how coveted and valuable they are.
  
  I'm keeping my genes just the way they are, thank you very much!
  
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  Kay King 10 years ago
  
  Dennis -
  I guess society would need interim training so every 40 years or so you could move into a different career.
  
  Marriage would need to come with an expiration date.
  
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seasoned 10 years ago

YEAH! I found a way to cut costs making chocolate! Go to a different store, that sells sugar for less! I saved 50%! We can CERTAINLY cost the cost of that drive 50%! One question? WHERE are you buying the sugar!?!?!??!? Moth balls make clothing last longer, so they will make your skin more youthful TOO! Just sprinkle moth balls all over your bedroom!

HEY, at least one company even found that increasing the size of the cache, and adding a SOLID STATE RAM drive onto a drive made it run a little SLOWER!!!!!!! ODD, HUH? Do you think that making the RPM 33% slower had something to do with it? Scientists have been saying for a LONG time that there is ANOTHER reason for the ******FIXED LIMIT*******! NOTE, I am choosing my words carefully here. Most people DON'T die of old age! Lucille ball(78) and george C scott(72) and john ritter(55) and elvis presley(42), etc.... did NOT die of old age. GRANTED a slow down and wear and tear might have increased the chances for their deaths, but it wasn't because they had a built in limit. That limit was still far off.

So WHY do we have centenarians? Some of them are just LUCKY! No real mystery! Now why I would like to see is a TWO hundred year old! THEN let's talk!

Steve
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sids70 10 years ago

I may consider this only if that gene modification also keeps you young. But to live longer as an old man where every joint is hurting and you have to wake up 10 times at night to pee - I would pass.
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yukon Banned 10 years ago

When I was a kid we didn't have genes & we liked it!
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TotallyCool 10 years ago

I'd do 500, but not being married to the witch Im with now
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David Braybrooke 10 years ago

Just think, 500 Christmases! All that muzak at the shops, 100's of miles of wrapping paper, yet another slice of brandy pudding to digest ...
Down with the worms!
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