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Re:Age Reduction Breakthrough? by eganist on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @07:42AM (#23152912)
> There are numerous accounts of people having (alleged) supernatural abilities who was not persecuted, e.g ascetics surviving without eating for years and such. These were generally held in high regard, and could end up as saints.

> Of course people could be accused for maleficium on really flimsy evidence so it could also hypothetically happen to the hypothetical slow-aging person just like it could happen to anybody else.

Yep, hence points 1 and 3.

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Re:Age Reduction Breakthrough? by goto11 on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @09:06AM (#23153525)
Well you only become a saint after you are dead and if miracles at your grave. So the risk of being saintified and then burned at the stake is not high.

My point was just that unusual aging patterns would not put you at any particular risk of being burned at the stake.

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