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TereziBot t1_iv8hrct wrote

every human that has ever lived has grown old and died, barring those that died even earlier. i understand the appeal of life extending technology but theres also some beauty in the human experience of an end to all of this that every single one of us will eventually experience

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Phoenix5869 OP t1_iv8knyx wrote

"Beauty to the end of life" u wont be saying that when ur 86 in a hospital bed

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NeuroUtopia t1_iv8nr17 wrote

Its called coping. I'm sure if you promised anybody in their 80s a fresh new body, they would take it with no questions asked.

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PolarsGaming t1_iv8nqp3 wrote

To each their own I guess but please don’t try to halt the development of the technology 🤙

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green_meklar t1_iv983z5 wrote

I don't see the beauty in that. It doesn't strike me as particularly more beautiful when a 90-year-old dies than when a 9-year-old dies; both missed out on an eternity of potential future experiences. And that's not even counting the ill health and decrepitude for decades leading up to death.

There may be some meaningful and even poetic aspects to death, but there is nothing desirable about it that isn't vastly outweighed by the desirability of avoiding it.

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