Eternal youth?

Casey613 · Post by **Casey613** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:30 pm

I was thinking, there's a disease called Werner Syndrome that causes premature aging t a very fast rate (somewhat like Jack, the movie starred by Robin Williams), and I thought that maybe someday technology will allow scientists to completely figure out that gene that codes DNA helicase and the way chromosomes work with it. So with that same technology, perhaps we will be able to do the same as the Werner Syndrome but all the way around. Old, millionaire ladies whose beauty is fading away or already has years ago would pay a fortune to be young again..

123noob · Post by **123noob** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:34 pm

I highly doubt it will ever come true due to ethical issues... remember u are dealing with human genome here.

Casey613 · Post by **Casey613** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:40 pm

Which will be fully decrypted in matter of centuries only

123noob · Post by **123noob** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:41 pm

still doubt it, but yeah sooner or later there will be underground groups doing so.

XemnasXD · Post by **XemnasXD** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:07 pm

i don't need the dumbasses who'd be rich enough to afford this to live forever...imagine Paris Hilton never dieing, its madness

Casey613 · Post by **Casey613** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:15 pm

XemnasXD wrote:i don't need the dumbasses who'd be rich enough to afford this to live forever...imagine Paris Hilton never dieing, its madness

omfg.. someone would kill her anyway

Aby · Post by **Aby** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:20 pm

Boob jobs through modifying genetics :shock:

Vandango · Post by **Vandango** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 8:11 pm

Walking Into Gods Territory.....

Stormprobe · Post by **Stormprobe** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 8:15 pm

5 reasons why htis woulnt work

1.Would be playing god
2. Everyone would be *perfect*
3. Would mess up millions of years of evolution
4. Most important is up next
5. Human race would INCREASE alot. And right now we can hardly feed 50% of the people on earth imagine if they lived LONGER and they a;; each had kids..

Vandall · Post by **Vandall** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 8:47 pm

Karlos Vandango wrote:Walking Into Gods Territory.....

Casey613 · Post by **Casey613** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 8:54 pm

Stormprobe wrote:5 reasons why htis woulnt work

1.Would be playing god
2. Everyone would be *perfect*
3. Would mess up millions of years of evolution
4. Most important is up next
5. Human race would INCREASE alot. And right now we can hardly feed 50% of the people on earth imagine if they lived LONGER and they a;; each had kids..

And you think rich people and scientists obsessed with advancement will care..?

StealMySoda · Post by **StealMySoda** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:25 pm

Is there already a disease that keeps you looking young.

That dude off the Andy Milonakis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Milonakis

He's actually 31, but doesn't look much old than 14/15

redneck · Post by **redneck** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:33 pm

StealMySoda wrote:Is there already a disease that keeps you looking young.

That dude off the Andy Milonakis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Milonakis

He's actually 31, but doesn't look much old than 14/15

no wai....

TwelveEleven · Post by **TwelveEleven** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:39 pm

redneck wrote:
StealMySoda wrote:Is there already a disease that keeps you looking young.

That dude off the Andy Milonakis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Milonakis

He's actually 31, but doesn't look much old than 14/15

no wai....

wtf?

Jstar1 · Post by **Jstar1** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:39 pm

Stormprobe wrote:5 reasons why htis woulnt work

1.Would be playing god
2. Everyone would be *perfect*
3. Would mess up millions of years of evolution
4. Most important is up next
5. Human race would INCREASE alot. And right now we can hardly feed 50% of the people on earth imagine if they lived LONGER and they a;; each had kids..

lol theres actually more than enough food in the world to feed all the people in the world.

Belgarath · Post by **Belgarath** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:27 pm

Karlos Vandango wrote:Walking Into Gods Territory.....

And if you don't believe in one?

Honestly, this comes down to money just like any other social issue. People with money will live "forever" and the average person won't. Whether thats fair or just the workings of our economic system, you decide. Personally, I'm all for human advancement. I dont know if I'm right, but I believe I'm somewhat of a humanist (furthering human abilities)?

Life is never fair and all the soccer moms and such that try to make it carebear and equal are fighting a neverending battle.

WhereIsOsama · Post by **WhereIsOsama** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:56 pm

People can in theory live to 150........ There is some thing called Calorie Restriction

Calorie restriction or Caloric restriction (CR) is the practice of limiting dietary energy intake in the hope that it will improve health and retard aging

http://www.longevitymeme.org/topics/calorie_restriction.cfm

Ohpra had a health special with Dr. Oz and he explained how this practice has scientifically shown improved life spans of humans ...... of course many things happen in our lives.... but that is one option proven to show results !!

Silver0 · Post by **Silver0** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 1:48 am

do you guys even know why we age....
sigh the very same thing we breath wears down our body will or might make you look nice but you wont live any longer
and **** your magical stories of an invisible father figure who doesnt give a shit ..i swear the more ppl swallow that bs the more assholes r produce
you can be nice/not cheat/not kill/not steal without a book telling you so grow up and stop thinking youll be punish or that someone is watching u your not special once again grow and think getting tired of this religion bs devolution of the mind

Vindicator · Post by **Vindicator** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 1:57 am

De aging is much like the theory of time travel. People believe it to be possible, but when it is looked at in reality, it is impossible. You can technically "travel into the future" but you can never come back. Aging is much the same. You can look young, but you can never de-age.

WhereIsOsama · Post by **WhereIsOsama** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 1:58 am

Silver0 wrote:do you guys even know why we age....
sigh the very same thing we breath wears down our body will or might make you look nice but you wont live any longer
and **** your magical stories of an invisible father figure who doesnt give a shit ..i swear the more ppl swallow that bs the more assholes r produce
you can be nice/not cheat/not kill/not steal without a book telling you so grow up and stop thinking youll be punish or that someone is watching u your not special once again grow and think getting tired of this religion bs devolution of the mind

o__O ......that was a weird rant ... perhaps you need to chill but anyways ....technically ... you just "wore" your body by stressing .... which stress contributes to many diseases ....

and breathing in polluted air is only a fraction of things that diminish life expectancy .....

and as for the god thing .... i am secular and an atheist ..... but don't bad mouth people just because they believe in some thing that you don't......

get over it ... it's just a forum

Silver0 · Post by **Silver0** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 2:16 am

WhereIsOsama wrote:
Silver0 wrote:do you guys even know why we age....
sigh the very same thing we breath wears down our body will or might make you look nice but you wont live any longer
and **** your magical stories of an invisible father figure who doesnt give a shit ..i swear the more ppl swallow that bs the more assholes r produce
you can be nice/not cheat/not kill/not steal without a book telling you so grow up and stop thinking youll be punish or that someone is watching u your not special once again grow and think getting tired of this religion bs devolution of the mind

o__O ......that was a weird rant ... perhaps you need to chill but anyways ....technically ... you just "wore" your body by stressing .... which stress contributes to many diseases ....

and breathing in polluted air is only a fraction of things that diminish life expectancy .....

and as for the god thing .... i am secular and an atheist ..... but don't bad mouth people just because they believe in some thing that you don't......

get over it ... it's just a forum

not atheist and u you age cuz of oxygen/+ your white blood cells diminish
and other organs just dont stop functunaning cuz of all the things we eat/and take
so no matter what no human can live over 200yrs
its science something that flies above many ppl and
a thinking mind a mind that thinks about other things then if they look sassy with the green sweater so yeah sorry for the rant you and other live your lives either way youll find a way 2 hate it unless you have 8hrs of OC and other generic shows + brand new car + and suppose new label clothing ...sorry for not wanting that cycle
for wanting progress since a book written when selling your daughter was right yet killing a man wasnt dictates everything 2000yrs later

Panu · Post by **Panu** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 3:16 am

TwelveEleven wrote:
redneck wrote:
StealMySoda wrote:Is there already a disease that keeps you looking young.

That dude off the Andy Milonakis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Milonakis

He's actually 31, but doesn't look much old than 14/15

no wai....

wtf?

yea hes been having blood transfusions for many years, i just learned this today in biology but all ready forgot :roll:

( if it was already mentioned in the above posts ... sry didnt feel like reading it all

)

Sharp324 · Post by **Sharp324** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 3:45 am

XemnasXD wrote:i don't need the dumbasses who'd be rich enough to afford this to live forever...imagine Paris Hilton never dieing, its madness

Damn be like a sleeve blowing in the wind :wink:

TOloseGT · Post by **TOloseGT** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 3:47 am

all carbon life forms decay. even if we can live forever, we definitely would not be living in our bodies.

Vindicator · Post by **Vindicator** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 3:49 am

We can live forever. But you would not experience life, and the means of which to do it are unobtainable. The only way to live forever is to experience no time, and to experience no time, you must time travel, which is only obtainable when you move at the speed of light. Moving at the speed of light requires a near infinite force to do so, therefore, theoretically yes, practicality, not yet.

ranger4life · Post by **ranger4life** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 4:02 am

whats the point of eternal youth when the world is going to end in 2012?

Casey613 · Post by **Casey613** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 4:20 am

That is mr. Andy Milonakis.. what a son of a peach