Re:Ageing is not an inevitable fact of life
by sanxiyn on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @06:16AM
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Re: the title. What are inevitable facts of life?
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Re:Ageing is not an inevitable fact of life
by kitd on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @07:40AM
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Well, the good news is that there's still taxes.
Re:Ageing is not an inevitable fact of life
by eli_gottlieb on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @07:38AM
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Well, there's the laws of physics, and the Second Law of Thermodynamics pushing the arrow of time forwards. Beyond that, not much is actually inevitable: people just prefer to rationalize anything awful as Inevitable because this gives them a comforting sense of metaphysics.
Re:Ageing is not an inevitable fact of life
by azatris on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @10:21AM
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2nd law of thermodynamics only applies on macroscopic scale. So not really inevitable.
Plus, the laws of physics are based on a set of axioms, which don't necessarily have to be true.
Re:Ageing is not an inevitable fact of life
by eli_gottlieb on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @06:45PM
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>Plus, the laws of physics are based on a set of axioms,
Well no. They're based on empirical observations.
Re:Ageing is not an inevitable fact of life
by williamhpark on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @06:22AM
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I prefer the original title of the article: "The secret of living to 200 years old". Does what it says. Not sure why it was changed.
Re:Ageing is not an inevitable fact of life
by user9756 on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @06:17AM
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Death? I mean, if you will not die, you could die? And taxes of course.