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comment by oyster

Don't old people sometimes just die in their sleep ? Even if we cure all diseases I don't really see how that means everybody lives forever.





mk  ·  2525 days ago  ·  link  ·  

AFAIK they typically die in their sleep from a stroke or heart attack. We always die from something going wrong, not age.

user-inactivated  ·  2525 days ago  ·  link  ·  

...age, apparently, simply causing stuff to go wrong. See all the living creatures who don't die of old age and/or rejuvenate.

mk  ·  2525 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Single-cell organisms don't age. It's a multicellular thing.