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Could humans live to 500 years old?
Scientists from Buck Institute of Age Research, California, tweaked two genetic pathways in the worm Caenorhabditis elegans to amplify its lifespan.
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Economics is the real concern. Think about how much the uberich already have an advantage!
Would we want them to?
Would you want to live that long?
Of course, why not live that long?
Well a lot of it would depend on your general health I suspect. But, I generally don't think I would want to live that long. Unless my health remained tip-top and those around me lived that long as well I might consider it. But, I suspect life would get very boring and repetitive after 200 years or so. That doesn't say anything about the drain on the world's resources to support humans who are living drastically longer. People would have to be severely limited in the amount of kids they could have for this to work without destroying the planet.
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I would love to live like 200 years. Would be nice to see how the world turned out from the late 1980s to 2180s..
Even if it happens, it will be an ultra luxury enjoyed by the richest of the rich.
Basically.... Elysium
Well it most likely wouldn't be like that at first, but it might go in that direction 500 years from now... there is a lot of problems to resolve with people living a lot longer life spans, but lets face it.. life isn't fair right now, and it's never going to be fair. Some people will get to live that long, others wont.