How long before we see extended lifespans/pseudo immortality?

[IIVI]

It's tough because in a vacuum it may be possible isolate certain factors.

However in real life you got all types of interactions such as chemicals released in the air that make contact with our skin, with our lungs, radiation, particles that we absorb through other means, food, etc.

Many of these are human-created and not natural either so in a lab you'd have to account for it all and that's one of the reasons things like this are difficult to solve.

If left to purely natural elements, it'd be easier to target what to do. All these crazy interactions where people favoring profit at the expense of health and buying up legislation so they can dump their chemicals right into the atmosphere are the tricky factors preventing much progress.

I asked one of my friends who's a legit doctor once and he told me, "Man, basically everything causes cancer."

 

[Complexion]

Good thread. I also see this occurring but no closer than 500 years.

Cancer cell research will play a key role. Those cells are immortal. In fact read about Henrietta Lacks and her cells role in research if you never knew

The immortal jellyfish is already here:

Science of the immortal jellyfish, Earth's longest living animal | BBC Science Focus Magazine

How does the immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii) live for so long? A leading scientist the stranger cellular science behind the creature's lifespan.

www.sciencefocus.com

They'll definitely Ctrl C Ctrl V some of that genome to push the buttons on benj but thats way off in the distance. Interesting point with cancer being the (potential) cure for death.

The augmentation era of implanted tech is going to be so wild that the future will seem like a trip to us. Siri = Iris = Apple of your eye.

I’ve been chugging mercury like the old Chinese emperors that lived 300-500 years.

For real though I remember reading something about various forms of gold that are good for the Soul. Whats the script with what you're saying?

No one sane wants to live forever. Just think of the foul shyt that you will see in the next 100, 200 or even 300 years.

Thats how we think, now. Cavemen lived to 25 (so they say). That means in terms of relative scale they fitted it all in quick. To them the idea of kicking it for 4 times that was insane, and yet it happens these days. In the future this slow aged wave I see will have people clocking out around 480 years.

Not quite immortal in that respect but leaps and bounds beyond us at the moment. Obviously that is a while off but its all quite possible with nanotech and augmentation.

To them they'll still see a little child running wild at 40 years old but it won't be like that is they'll be extending the good bits via dramatically slowing the telomere breakdown which handles aging. Of course this will not be for everyone, you'll have to pay to play as money becomes time again...

 

[Elim Garak]

I think sooner if this nano tech ends up jumping off as some have predicted.

 

[Mindfield333]

I think 85-90 is my max… but it depends on my quality of life and is it a burden to exist. But as far as pseudo-mortality goes, I’m good on that. I have a soul. Let me learn on the next plane/life what I didn’t lean on this one

 

[Who Not How]

If I could live to 120 and have the same quality of life as a healthy 80 year old person today, that would be fine with me.

I want to see the year 2100 so I can experience 3 different centuries. The way things are going by 2050 I might be tired of the world though lol.

These billionaires are definitely doing everything they can to extend their lives. I wonder what experimental treatments Jeff Bezos and Elon are using.

 

[Digital Omen]

Father Time is undefeated and will remain so
All this potential tech is just like building sea walls and bullshyt against climate change
Yeah you can slow down the process but in the end nature wins

 

[A Pimp Named Slickback]

The Asian cartoon always gets me

 

[Complexion]

Thats what I'm saying. The quality of life is going to be so far in excess of now that its almost unimaginable. You'll have a prime that lasts and lasts as tech keeps your mindbody in an optimally augmented state via low level systems hacking and manipulation. To us they'll appear to be gods. Do the math on that one...

There is also a very dark side to this that not many people consider and that is how hackable people will become. They are already easy to trick now but this will take it to a whole nother level due to in stream consciousness editing which could be used to make people unable to hear what a dissident said or reconfig their words/visual output to something else. People could be having totally different conversations to what they thought and there would simply be no objective way to know due to the tech being so deeply embedded.

A sort of digitally controlled schizophrenia as the author Philip K frequently posited and I'm in agreement with... It all just seems inevitable and exceedingly doable.

 

[Micky Mikey]

I think immortality will be possible within the next 50 years and the tech to extend our lives greatly will be possible within the next 10 years.

The question remains whether or not the average person will be able to afford it. It will probably be insanely expensive in the beginning.

 

[Nagarjuna]

I've always been curious about the mental aspects of this. Like yes we stop/slow down cellular aging, but does that mean that we're still mentally sharp after 70 years ?

Imagine having a brain full of 80 years of memories in the body of a 30 year old. Would we still be as cognitively agile as we once were? I don't know much about neurophysiology to speak to how that would even work

On a side note, Imagine being married for 100 years

 

[Luke Cage]

Imagine how flabby and sick some people would get if they could live forever.

 

[Who Not How]

I think immortality will be possible within the next 50 years and the tech to extend our lives greatly will be possible within the next 10 years.

The question remains will whether of not the average person will be able to afford it. It will probably be insanely expensive in the beginning.

Word. Mel Gibson's dad had stem cell treatment in Panama that extended his life to 101. He was dying at 92.

Video: Stem Cell Therapy In Panama With Dr. Riordan And Mel Gibson - Stem Cell Institute Panama

Neil Riordan, PA, PhD and Mel Gibson discuss stem cell therapy at the Stem Cell Insitute in Panama City, Panama

www.cellmedicine.com

The biggest obstacle for the average person to get similar treatment is why would society want us to live longer? For what purpose? Once we leave the workforce, what use does the government have for us. And we need more housing.

 

[Sterling Archer]

No one sane wants to live forever. Just think of the foul shyt that you will see in the next 100, 200 or even 300 years.

Thats a blink in terms of immortality. I want to see and learn everything I can in this place. And thats only in THIS place. I will see experience more places. Wherever we end up, I will be there to experience it. Immortality affords you the chance to see life beyond our own planet. Youre there for awful things yes, but youre also there at every discovery and breakthrough.

 

[Micky Mikey]

Word. Mel Gibson's dad had stem cell treatment in Panama that extended his life to 101. He was dying at 92.

Video: Stem Cell Therapy In Panama With Dr. Riordan And Mel Gibson - Stem Cell Institute Panama

Neil Riordan, PA, PhD and Mel Gibson discuss stem cell therapy at the Stem Cell Insitute in Panama City, Panama

www.cellmedicine.com

The biggest obstacle for the average person to get similar treatment is why would society want us to live longer? For what purpose? Once we leave the workforce, what use does the government have for us. And we need more housing.

In one sense I can imagine the elites wanting us to live longer so they can have a continuous consumer base.

Another elephant in the room is A.I.

If A.I. becomes smart enough we could very likely discover the key to immortality. Life will be very different then. At the same time A.I. will probably end up replacing most jobs and render most humans useless when it comes to providing productivity in the workplace. The government is going to have to provide some form of UBI to the masses. And providing UBI to people who have the capability of living well past 100 or forever will eventually become draining.


We're headed for interesting times.

 

[Diunx]

We need that shyt noooow

I wanna live forever.