| For me the anti aging, immortality thing is funny because I think it has been solved for most species: it is called reproduction. Actually surviving is reproducing. If anti aging proponents spent as much time trying to reproduce and making sure their offspring were fit to continue their bloodline with good education it seems to me a good outcome. That is why the education of my children is important: the imprint of intellect self after I imprinted my bodily self in their genes. One could argue, but “hey ptsneves your children are not you thus you will unavoidably going to be eliminated from existence”. And I say, “it is ok and part of physical existence. I accept it.“ Evolution found it worthwhile to have sexual reproduction, meaning clones are a bad fit for eco system disturbances. Evolution also found it fit to restart the cycle from scratch even if it meant an individual would lose experience or ecosystem optimality. This is to protect again local optimae , which is a great path to extinction. The extent of these 2 premises is such that the apex predator on earth reproduces sexually and has a limited life span. Maybe that is survival bias but I think there are good causation ideas behind them. With the above if I really want to be immortal and have my legacy preserved robustly I should use the current system: reproduction with a good emphasis on descendant upbringing and according to my experience. Again, even if I am great in my current eco system I do not presume this experience will work with eco system disturbances, so I accept evolutionary bargains and have children with a partner I believe will fulfil my bodily destiny the most resilient way possible. I even wanted to start a religion where propagation of one’s self through dedication to offspring and community is central. I am tired of a society ruled by geriatric concerns[1]. (I say this as mostly a joke of course, I have more than enough work raising my children much less dabbling in other peoples lives) Ps: none of what I wrote invalidates improvements on longevity. It is just that we already have a basic system for propagation in time. [1] I know extremely young demographics make for crappy countries and quality of life. |