Comment by dyauspitr 1 day ago That’s a coping mechanism because we can’t change it. 10 comments dyauspitr Reply hootz 1 day ago Wasn't death a requirement for us to reach this current stage of human evolution? I don't think it is a good idea to stop it entirely. jeremyjh 1 day ago Evolution of humans by natural selection is already over with - or at least proceeding at time scales irrelevant to our civilization. card_zero 21 hours ago "Contrary to popular belief," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recent_human_evolutionI don't think it matters, mind you. 2 replies → pestatije 14 hours ago that's plain wrong... selection continues to this day through ability to reproduce, not longevity bravoetch 1 day ago Not sure about death being required. It's more that life after reproductive success is not required. robwwilliams 21 hours ago …that longer life after reproductive exhaustion is not under selection.” idle_zealot 1 day ago Curing aging doesn't stop death entirely. There's still the attrition of living in the physical world. Some portion of the population will trip and break their necks every year.
hootz 1 day ago Wasn't death a requirement for us to reach this current stage of human evolution? I don't think it is a good idea to stop it entirely. jeremyjh 1 day ago Evolution of humans by natural selection is already over with - or at least proceeding at time scales irrelevant to our civilization. card_zero 21 hours ago "Contrary to popular belief," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recent_human_evolutionI don't think it matters, mind you. 2 replies → pestatije 14 hours ago that's plain wrong... selection continues to this day through ability to reproduce, not longevity bravoetch 1 day ago Not sure about death being required. It's more that life after reproductive success is not required. robwwilliams 21 hours ago …that longer life after reproductive exhaustion is not under selection.” idle_zealot 1 day ago Curing aging doesn't stop death entirely. There's still the attrition of living in the physical world. Some portion of the population will trip and break their necks every year.
jeremyjh 1 day ago Evolution of humans by natural selection is already over with - or at least proceeding at time scales irrelevant to our civilization. card_zero 21 hours ago "Contrary to popular belief," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recent_human_evolutionI don't think it matters, mind you. 2 replies → pestatije 14 hours ago that's plain wrong... selection continues to this day through ability to reproduce, not longevity
card_zero 21 hours ago "Contrary to popular belief," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recent_human_evolutionI don't think it matters, mind you. 2 replies →
pestatije 14 hours ago that's plain wrong... selection continues to this day through ability to reproduce, not longevity
bravoetch 1 day ago Not sure about death being required. It's more that life after reproductive success is not required. robwwilliams 21 hours ago …that longer life after reproductive exhaustion is not under selection.”
idle_zealot 1 day ago Curing aging doesn't stop death entirely. There's still the attrition of living in the physical world. Some portion of the population will trip and break their necks every year.
Wasn't death a requirement for us to reach this current stage of human evolution? I don't think it is a good idea to stop it entirely.
Evolution of humans by natural selection is already over with - or at least proceeding at time scales irrelevant to our civilization.
"Contrary to popular belief," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recent_human_evolution
I don't think it matters, mind you.
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that's plain wrong... selection continues to this day through ability to reproduce, not longevity
Not sure about death being required. It's more that life after reproductive success is not required.
…that longer life after reproductive exhaustion is not under selection.”
Curing aging doesn't stop death entirely. There's still the attrition of living in the physical world. Some portion of the population will trip and break their necks every year.