tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880075489108159699.post6474502722784234572..comments2014-05-23T08:30:25.064-07:00Comments on Futuronomy : Entropy, Death, Nano Medicine, ImmortalityAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702009359641384854noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880075489108159699.post-68287135638995447682014-01-21T04:06:28.072-08:002014-01-21T04:06:28.072-08:00It is weird, but pretty well confirmed, especially...It is weird, but pretty well confirmed, especially because of organisms that don't age, one must wonder what is different between them and usAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14702009359641384854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880075489108159699.post-64490924814709112832014-01-20T11:58:52.720-08:002014-01-20T11:58:52.720-08:00Oh yeah, that makes sense. Make room for the popu...Oh yeah, that makes sense. Make room for the population that will pass on good genes. Makes sense. But somehow it's a weird concept, the idea that we die for a reason like that rather than just that we wear out.<br />Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07746725236369958171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880075489108159699.post-42662607505366894192014-01-20T04:18:17.117-08:002014-01-20T04:18:17.117-08:00Because evolution is ruthless, if there is any adv...Because evolution is ruthless, if there is any advantage for passing on your genes, evolution will make it so. It might seem advantageous to simply shut down the reproductive system instead of killing the animal, but a living organism also uses resources that could have gone to children or grandchildren. If you think about two competing families, one that has genes for aging and one that doesn't, the family without aging will keep the older generations around indefinitely, despite lack of reproductive function (which is what evolution cares about). The older generations will use lots of resources that could have gone to the younger generation that will reproduce. In the other family, the old people die and so those resources go to the younger generation, giving them a better chance of survival than the children from the family without aging.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14702009359641384854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880075489108159699.post-90092815694085537962014-01-19T12:49:10.266-08:002014-01-19T12:49:10.266-08:00Why couldn't humans just stop being able to re...Why couldn't humans just stop being able to reproduce at some point (like we do) without having to actually die at come point?Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07746725236369958171noreply@blogger.com