07-22-2010, 07:11 PM
I'm not holding my breath. Senescence is a complicated process. All sorts of things start to break down as one ages. Extending lifespans more than a few years isn't a matter of stopping one of them, but of stopping them all.
If average lifespans go over 100, I'll be damned impressed. I think it's unlikely they'll go that high before a century. Of course, fat tails apply. Who knows what miracles and wonder they'll cook up in the next few decades, and there is always Clarke's First Law. But I think those are small probabilities, not large ones.
I hope to live for thousands of years. But I doubt I'll live much more than 100, even if I live a charmed life.
-Jester
If average lifespans go over 100, I'll be damned impressed. I think it's unlikely they'll go that high before a century. Of course, fat tails apply. Who knows what miracles and wonder they'll cook up in the next few decades, and there is always Clarke's First Law. But I think those are small probabilities, not large ones.
I hope to live for thousands of years. But I doubt I'll live much more than 100, even if I live a charmed life.
-Jester