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by darkerside 2480 days ago
Why do you say that? Biology is usually very simple. Eat food, live. Don't eat food, die. Drink water, live. Don't drink water, die.

Just because you don't happen to know the answer doesn't mean the answer is complicated.

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Just because you can say something in four words, doesn’t mean it is simple.

You eat, you live. Sure. But why? What happens to the things you eat? What can you eat? What/how/why is the pain in your stomachs?

Ugh, please take it in context. That was in response to something.

> There's not going to be a single magic compound. Slowing the aging process is massively complex and will probably require a cocktail of treatments

My counterpoint is, slowing aging could easily be the result of a very simple compound. It's irrational to assume it must be complex just because we don't know it.

Writing an optimizing compiler is child's play. Just type some letters and numbers, hit save, and you are done.