Can Nanotech Cure Death?

[KingVamp]

Oh, I see. So like in terms of societal advancement there's no point in living past a certain point?

If I understand this correctly, I don't think that's true either. A lot of, if not most things, are invented in a group. Not literally the smartest or most skill person.

 

[bennyman123abc]

Honestly, why would you WANT to live longer? I'm one of those people who are dreading the possibility to live into my 90's and 100's and deal with more pain than I already do at 16..

 

[FAST6191]

Shouldn't we worry about the survivability of our planet BEFORE our own?

Assuming it is a problem of such dire and likely potential then would you not want some people with centuries of experience in things helping you out?

Honestly, why would you WANT to live longer? I'm one of those people who are dreading the possibility to live into my 90's and 100's and deal with more pain than I already do at 16..

For myself I quite enjoy this learning and existence lark. The opportunity to do more of it then seems desirable.

 

[SG854]

Ok, there's a misconception here you need to understand; that average doesn't exist because people only lived into their 20s and then keeled over, it's because a comparatively small percentage lived into their 70s and 80s while many didn't even survive infancy. It's not lifespan necessarily that's improved over the years, it's instead reduced mortality rates reducing the lower "outlier" in the average

I know how lifespans work. And I know about infant mortality rates bringing down life expectancies. And it doesn't mean live till 20's and death. My comment was what Ray Kurzweil said. Animals used to live short lives and evolution never caught up with these longer life spans for some animals except for like some Turtles.

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So your saying everyone will live in constant fear of death, instead of accepting it?

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I think we will find that it doesn't make that much of a difference.

It will. Humans and Chimps had a common ancestor. And look at the different paths we took and the Mental Capabilities between Humans and Chimps.

 

[deinonychus71]

Assuming it is a problem of such dire and likely potential then would you not want some people with centuries of experience in things helping you out?

Honestly? In this case I don't think centuries of experience are better at all. Saving the planet is above all changing our way to live. Something that gets exponentially harder as you age.

 

[FAST6191]

Honestly? In this case I don't think centuries of experience are better at all. Saving the planet is above all changing our way to live. Something that gets exponentially harder as you age.

I say more science will solve the problems faced more than training new people to be hippies or something.

 

[GreatCrippler]

I've heard the arguments, and read the papers that say things like. "If you're alive in the 30 years, you'll be alive in 3000." Seems unlikely. Will someone make it to 150 thanks to modern medicine and technology? Probably, but it will happen long after I am dead and forgotten.

 

[deinonychus71]

I say more science will solve the problems faced more than training new people to be hippies or something.

You don't need to get to such extremes, but even getting some (young) people to not throw used batteries in the trash is a challenge, and it's even harder to make them change when they get older.

 

[KingVamp]

Honestly, why would you WANT to live longer? I'm one of those people who are dreading the possibility to live into my 90's and 100's and deal with more pain than I already do at 16..

If you mean physical pain, ideally you would live healthier as well. Not just longer.

 

[SG854]

Shouldn't we worry about the survivability of our planet BEFORE our own?

Nano Tech might be used to repair the Ozone Layer

And it will give better Chemotherapy treatment for cancer to target only bad cell and not good ones.

 

[FAST6191]

You don't need to get to such extremes, but even getting some (young) people to not throw used batteries in the trash is a challenge, and it's even harder to make them change when they get older.

So make a robot that sorts batteries in the rubbish.

 

[deinonychus71]

So make a robot that sorts batteries in the rubbish.

While it would be certainly possible, I'm not for giving people even more excuses to be lazy and selfish. If they can't take a few steps towards preserving what we have I don't think it'll get better even when they can live forever.

 

[SG854]

Assuming it is a problem of such dire and likely potential then would you not want some people with centuries of experience in things helping you out?


For myself I quite enjoy this learning and existence lark. The opportunity to do more of it then seems desirable.

Me too. I enjoy life a lot. Theres so much I want to do. So many hobbies I want to get into. Extending life will be great.

 

[FAST6191]

While it would be certainly possible, I'm not for giving people even more excuses to be lazy and selfish. If they can't take a few steps towards preserving what we have I don't think it'll get better even when they can live forever.

We appear to be heading towards rather different places than the topic really started as, though I am going to shoulder some blame as I quite like pondering techno utopia where this might be before that truly comes to pass. That said I would still say you are overestimating the threats faced by the planet at this point.

 

[deinonychus71]

We appear to be heading towards rather different places than the topic really started as, though I am going to shoulder some blame as I quite like pondering techno utopia where this might be before that truly comes to pass. That said I would still say you are overestimating the threats faced by the planet at this point.

I hope you're right

 

[KingVamp]

Physical items might decrease in general, as VR advances and more people goes towards it.

 

[CallmeBerto]

Replace my human heart with a much better robot one when?

 

[DavidLiam]

Every year is worse than before.

 

[KingVamp]

Replace my human heart with a much better robot one when?

Why not replace, well, everything with something better?

 

[CallmeBerto]

Why not replace, well, everything with something better?

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

 

[Hanafuda]

I'm sure the lifespan of the human body can be extended through better living conditions, medical therapies and interventions, and breakthroughs like that proposed by the OP, probably at least to an average 150 years. Not indefinitely though. Living is a terminal illness. I don't see that changing until we figure out a way to transplant our consciousness, intact, to another carrier, natural or artificial. And if we ever get to that point, we will lose our 'humanity' despite whatever we may gain.

 

[CallmeBerto]

humanity is overrated. Give me a 10 inch ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)