Desperate_Food7354 OP t1_j3p810l wrote on January 10, 2023 at 2:56 AM

Reply to comment by Plus-Recording-8370 in Arguments against calling aging a disease make no sense relative to other natural processes we attempt to fix. by Desperate_Food7354

No. I am saying that natural does not = good, i’m saying it’s hypocritical to call some natural conditions diseases and others not, per us saying the natural healing process of scars in our hearts being a disease yet the natural process of aging not being a disease. Anyways, I think it essentially impossible to evolve for biological immortality as the mechanisms are so primal you’d essentially have to go back into the ocean and evolve again, not just from a mammal or reptile standpoint.

Plus-Recording-8370 t1_j3uu8ic wrote on January 11, 2023 at 5:17 AM

Ok, i see your point and i agree. It's clearly different from actual disease that are destroying the proper function of our body. it's more of an unwanted by product of evolution. But i wouldn't be surprised that one day we will still call something like,say, a low IQ, a neurological disease. Who knows.

Regarding evolving immortality: I do think that even with our imperfect baggage, there's still a lot of ways for us to optimize by tinkering with what we have.