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Re:In a small trial, drugs seemed to rejuvenate the body’s ‘... by darkerside on Thursday September 05, 2019 @07:17PM (#20891502)
Why do you say that? Biology is usually very simple. Eat food, live. Don't eat food, die. Drink water, live. Don't drink water, die.

Just because you don't happen to know the answer doesn't mean the answer is complicated.

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Re:In a small trial, drugs seemed to rejuvenate the body’s ‘... by powersnail on Thursday September 05, 2019 @07:48PM (#20891677)
Just because you can say something in four words, doesn’t mean it is simple.

You eat, you live. Sure. But why? What happens to the things you eat? What can you eat? What/how/why is the pain in your stomachs?

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Re:In a small trial, drugs seemed to rejuvenate the body’s ‘... by darkerside on Friday September 06, 2019 @08:58PM (#20901121)
Ugh, please take it in context. That was in response to something.

> There's not going to be a single magic compound. Slowing the aging process is massively complex and will probably require a cocktail of treatments

My counterpoint is, slowing aging could easily be the result of a very simple compound. It's irrational to assume it must be complex just because we don't know it.

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Re:In a small trial, drugs seemed to rejuvenate the body’s ‘... by tasty_freeze on Thursday September 05, 2019 @11:40PM (#20892837)
Writing an optimizing compiler is child's play. Just type some letters and numbers, hit save, and you are done.
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