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rob05c  ·  3989 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Neotechnological Luddism

    I'm unaware of any critter that's gotten around that

Turritopsis dohrnii

Hydra genus





kleinbl00  ·  3989 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I am now aware. Got anything with a central nervous system? After all, if we're going to live forever, we might as well be aware of it.

Also worth pointing out that neither of your examples have hemoglobin.

_refugee_  ·  3989 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Even if you could live forever.

Why would you want to?

user-inactivated  ·  3988 days ago  ·  link  ·  

To learn.

NikolaiFyodorov  ·  3989 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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NikolaiFyodorov  ·  3989 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Barring "accidents", lobsters live forever. Presumably the same goes for other crustaceans. I have no idea whether they have hemoglobin, so your point may still stand.

rob05c  ·  3989 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Got anything with a central nervous system?

You know what they say: ignorance is bliss. If we're going to live forever, might as well be happy.