RE: Are We Getting Close to the Possibility for Eternal Biological Life? Maybe YES!
When you phrase it like, "would you take a pill..." part of me recoils because it sounds a little like magic, or something out of a black box. But the truth is that when mankind was created, we weren't supposed to die. That came later, and it's a corruption that entered as a result of choices we made. I find it fascinating that this "corruption" that leads to death is becoming more and more known from a scientific perspective, and even that there are potential steps that can be taken to mitigate this corruption in a physical way. Assuming there were no ethical concerns with the treatment, I would be open to taking treatment to slow down or even reverse cell aging. I'd of course have to study it pretty thoroughly and figure out what the unintended consequences might be. For example, I'd still want to keep my "old" brain. I wouldn't want my brain to revert back to childhood thinking or anything like that. But being able to live a bit longer than the normal lifespan does have a certain appeal for me. I'm also interested in at some point accepting the inevitability of death so that I could get on with what follows. Like you, I think this is a fascinating field of research, and it is my hope that it will be guided by good general morals and principles.
Fully understand your way of thoughts.
Well, biologically we are meant to die. That is determined by what made us what we are, a biological body that will die by itself. Only when we created science, we may be able to take steps to prevent us from dying.
My assertion is actually a theological one, and I mean that originally the biological substance making up our bodies was not designed to die by itself. The dying comes from the fact that something is not working right, i.e., corruption was introduced. But I'm sure fully exploring that dynamic is beyond the scope of this post. I just find it interesting that we can make scientific observations and learn more fully the actual mechanism behind aging and dying, as well as recognize possibilities out there for slowing that process down or even reversing it :)
Understood! Although I have no arm into theology, but I do respect others do, and understand completely the rational you have fro that angle. How cool in the end it'll be when all what we believe can be proven and turns out the be the same. That is one of the reasons I would opt to take the pill for eternal life :)
I definitely love seeing science confirm some of my beliefs, or even more basically, showing us the details of how nature works. But no matter how much can be demonstrated, proved, and shown scientifically, I expect there will always be mystery to ponder--things we don't quite understand, and things that we can understand on a basic level but couldn't every fully plumb the depths of.
agree, and that makes life interesting :)