Re:A $3B bet on finding the fountain of youth
by HWR_14 on Friday January 21, 2022 @08:43PM
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Yes, but pretty much every other equilibrium based limit is something humans decided we didn't want anymore either.
Re:A $3B bet on finding the fountain of youth
by SuoDuanDao on Friday January 21, 2022 @09:36PM
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We are better than other species at filling new niches. But being champion is no excuse for getting cocky.
Re:A $3B bet on finding the fountain of youth
by inglor_cz on Saturday January 22, 2022 @03:00AM
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Our general mode of operation seems to be the very opposite. Getting cocky, causing some very untoward consequences, then learning from them.
I don't even think it is necessarily bad in toto. The other pole could look like stagnation fueled by indecisiveness and fear of possible consequences. I definitely know some individuals who spend their lives like that, and they don't seem to be happy.
More seriously, it's a common theory that age-related diseases are an evolved adaptation because over time a species must form an equilibrium with its resource base.