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A comment on Billions’ worth of high-tech research seeking to make death optional. Parent comment

Re:Billions’ worth of high-tech research seeking to make dea... by ams6110 on Monday March 27, 2017 @10:55PM (#13973681)
Nature has programmed us to die. When we reach old age, it's not scary anymore.
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Re:Billions’ worth of high-tech research seeking to make dea... by colospoin on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @07:25AM (#13975670)
It hasn't programmed us to die at all, and death is scary for plenty of people. If we're going with anecdote, my grandmother told me in her 90s she didn't want to die because she wanted to see how things turned out.
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