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Re:Is Aging Inevitable? by xvector on Monday July 26, 2021 @12:48AM (#27955784)
Just because it's a feature of evolution doesn't mean we shouldn't try to stop it. Evolution does not care about how you or your offspring feel. Literally the only thing evolution cares about is achieving cancerous growth at all costs. I don't think that's a worthy goal.
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Re:Is Aging Inevitable? by thebradbain on Monday July 26, 2021 @01:02AM (#27955876)
*Achieving exponential growth until we as a species reach our environment’s resource limit, and then a plateau, not a crash; Evolution’s “goal” then is to try to ensure the survival of the species.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/exponential-growth

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Re:Is Aging Inevitable? by xvector on Monday July 26, 2021 @03:49AM (#27956783)
Indeed, survival of the species with no regard to the happiness of the members therein. I think we can do better ourselves at this point, which would be in itself arguably part of evolution.
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