The debate over whether aging is a disease rages on(technologyreview.com)
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The debate over whether aging is a disease rages on
https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/10/19/1061070/is-old-age-a-disease/
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I'm on board with curing aging-related illnesses, just not aging itself, which is definitely not a disease. It's humanity's single most important pillar. Looking at it like a disease is completely misguided. Humanity wouldn't be able to exist without aging. Aging is the key to everything.
> disease (n.)
> a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific signs or symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury.
Why do you consider aging not a disease? AFAICT, the degradation and signs it causes seem to tick the definitional boxes.
I was surprised to see this opinion originating from you, @Comevius. I've grown accustomed to finding myself in violent agreement with ye. :)
> a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific signs or symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury.
Why do you consider aging not a disease? AFAICT, the degradation and signs it causes seem to tick the definitional boxes.
I was surprised to see this opinion originating from you, @Comevius. I've grown accustomed to finding myself in violent agreement with ye. :)
Yeah, I'm really conservative when it comes to curing aging, because the whole thing is a lot more complicated than it looks like. You can't just eliminate it without dire consequences. It's a degradation, but it's one that plays a central role in eliminating stagnation. I'm awfully allergic to oligarchs, and stopping aging would open the door to a completely new crop of überoligarchs that belong to the pages of a sci-fi horror.