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typoon · Oct 24, 2003, 04:00 PM

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm...atestheadlines

Scientists say people could live active lives for hundreds of years if humans follow the same biological rules as laboratory worms.

If this is possible would you want to?

Immortal K-Mart Employee · Oct 24, 2003, 04:03 PM

Without your bits and pieces I don't see the point.

Smells fake to me anyway.

catsank · Oct 24, 2003, 04:17 PM

What crazy stuff can we imagine
would happen, if we genetically
mutated ourselves into half-fish
half-man things ?

Superchicken · Oct 24, 2003, 04:22 PM

Meh I don't wanna live a day longer than necessary

willed · Oct 24, 2003, 04:25 PM

Originally posted by Superchic[k]en:
Meh I don't wanna live a day longer than necessary

There's a cheap reply to that, but obviously I'm above rising to such easy bait.

RooneyX · Oct 24, 2003, 05:10 PM

Hundreds of years? No matter what supergenes they give you, the stress from knowing you'll be paying bills and taxes for that long will kill you.

catsank · Oct 24, 2003, 05:32 PM

Originally posted by RooneyX:
Hundreds of years? No matter what supergenes they give you, the stress from knowing you'll be paying bills and taxes for that long will kill you.

I've come of heart, baby
I've been for real, baby
Gonna keep movin', gonna roll to town
I've come of heart, come on, get down
There's only 3 things for sure:
Taxes, death and trouble

mrfrost · Oct 24, 2003, 05:39 PM

Originally posted by catsank:

What crazy stuff can we imagine
would happen, if we genetically
mutated ourselves into half-fish
half-man things ?

We would get to kidnap the hottest chicks.

icruise · Oct 24, 2003, 09:00 PM

Catsank -- This is how you should have posted it

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neigh-neigh-woo · Oct 24, 2003, 09:02 PM

as soon as i read tweaking with genetic makeup i stopped reading and thought, I dont want to know.

Didnt they see the fly

gordon goldblooming bennet

simonjames · Oct 25, 2003, 07:12 AM

yep - I would happily live onto 2-3-400 years but some laws would have to change first - like euthanasia - I'd like to be able to choose when I die. Alimony laws would have to change too.

sandsl · Oct 25, 2003, 08:34 AM

200-500 extra years would be nice.

I think i'd like to keep my reproductive system though

Sarc · Oct 25, 2003, 12:38 PM

I would like to live some 300 years, but with my balls on thank you very much.

lawgeek · Oct 25, 2003, 12:41 PM

No. I don't want to have to work for 300 years in order to save enough for retirement. Imagine even if you hit the powerball jackpot for ~100 million you'd still have to go back to work eventually.

Zimmerman · Oct 25, 2003, 01:44 PM

Originally posted by lawgeek:
No. I don't want to have to work for 300 years in order to save enough for retirement. Imagine even if you hit the powerball jackpot for ~100 million you'd still have to go back to work eventually.

No you wouldn't. If you invested properly, you could have a nice income for perpetuity, even considering inflation. Many people set up funds who's interest goes to scholarships. The principal is never touched and a small portion of the interest goes back into the principal and the remainder is distributed to the scholarship awardees. This is a big part of how the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois stays open.

MindFad · Oct 25, 2003, 02:03 PM

Originally posted by Sarc:
I would like to live some 300 years, but with my balls on thank you very much.

This is what I was thinking.

sniffer · Oct 26, 2003, 10:00 AM

I think I'll prefer to give my space to my kids when that time comes. No need to fill the world with stubborn elders.

Chemmy · Oct 26, 2003, 06:22 PM

I'm not sure I want to live past 35.

dlefebvre · Oct 26, 2003, 08:57 PM

Originally posted by Chemmy:
I'm not sure I want to live past 35.

I just got 36 and I recommend it so far...

Stradlater · Oct 26, 2003, 09:06 PM

Originally posted by Immortal K-Mart Employee:
Without your bits and pieces I don't see the point.

Smells fake to me anyway.

Ummm...no, it's not fake. And as far as not having your "bits and pieces", the alterations are made before they develop, thus if these tweaks were made after puberty, your sexual organs should remain intact. Personally, I'd love to live an extra few hundred years, at least to see how technology progresses.

neigh-neigh-woo · Oct 26, 2003, 09:29 PM

plenty of years left in me yet

nobitacu · Oct 26, 2003, 09:45 PM

Originally posted by neigh-neigh-woo:

plenty of years left in me yet

Another reason why I won't want to live that long. Unless they can also make us age slow after we hit mid 20s. So we will look young for a long time, and have the health of mid 20 year olds. So than by the time we hit 200, we'll still only look like in our 40s. Than I won't mind.

Ming