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Re:Longevity and anti-aging research: ‘Prime time for an imp... by 0815test on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @05:44AM (#19429346)
The main point of anti-aging is not to keep people around longer, but to keep them healthy since they're going to be around for quite a while anyway. Lifespan increase is a possibility, but might also turn out to be quite hard; health-span increase is the real low-hanging fruit of anti-aging research.
Re:Longevity and anti-aging research: ‘Prime time for an imp... by raugustinus on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @05:50AM (#19429380)
Reading the article beyond the second paragraph actually affirms kinda what you're saying. I guess I shot straight into a kneejerk reaction on the subtitle 'extending the human lifespan' :)