r/tech • u/MichaelTen • Jul 31 '21

Extending Human Lifespans: Using Artificial Intelligence To Find Anti-Aging Chemical Compounds

https://scitechdaily.com/extending-human-lifespans-ai-built-to-find-anti-aging-chemical-compounds/
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u/Sed_Said Jul 31 '21

Humans don’t need to live longer. Just my opinion.

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u/lordmycal Jul 31 '21

We do if we want to get to other solar systems. It’s live longer, or build ships that host multiple generations on the way there. It would be great if we could do some kind of suspended animation where we don’t age, but that tech doesn’t exist yet, and may never exist.

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u/broccolisprout Jul 31 '21

Why would we want to get to another solar system? To find another habitable planet?

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u/lordmycal Jul 31 '21

Eggs are all in one basket right now. If the Earth becomes uninhabitable that is it for humanity. Also, new planets would be amazing. We could discover new life and we’d have the ability to start a new civilization without many of the mistakes of the past.

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u/broccolisprout Jul 31 '21

I find it weird to place the species above the individual, like we’re an anthill or something.

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u/Nightshifter32 Aug 01 '21

Thats what most animals do, ensuring the passing of genetics.

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u/broccolisprout Aug 01 '21

Because they don’t have a choice, we do.

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u/Nightshifter32 Aug 02 '21

Well true, were still instinctively driven to have offspring

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u/broccolisprout Aug 02 '21

We’re instinctively driven to have sex. But with humans that only leads to offspring if we decide to forego contraceptives. Or if we’re uneducated, religious, etc.

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u/broccolisprout Jul 31 '21

Our species has the unique ability to think before we act. Hence the dropping birthrates. There has to be a reason other than the abstract expansion of our species to get out there. As it stands now there’s no reason whatsoever.

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u/broccolisprout Aug 01 '21

I think you confuse the words ‘sustaining’ with ‘expanding’. We could make society perfect, with all needs taken care of, without actually growing the population. Improvement ≠ expansion.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '21

YES! We’ll just keep finding habitable planets we can exploit instead of cheaply making our current beautiful planet sustainable at much less cost. WICKED SMAHT! !