Do you agree or disagree with future anti-aging medicine?
Friday, June 25th, 2010 at
11:01 pm
I saw an article on Yahoo the other day. The article mentioned how scientists are developing anti-aging drugs to use in the future. These drugs could potentially stop the aging process so we could live forever. One problem I see with this is the overpopulation of humans on Earth and scientists will be playing God. This could be a hot area of debate in the future. What are your thoughts on this issue?
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agree
And this is how religion brainwashes people.
Anti-aging is a good thing.
i agree !!!
Personally, I do not believe in such research as I do not believe humans will ever be able to attain immortality, even if we are able to increase our lifespan due to medical advancements.
If the research indeed bears results, there will be extreme implications in the way man perceives life and the whole notion of life will be changed. There will, of course, be other issues such as overpopulation to deal with. To start with, one of the defining aspects of life is death. Death is an inevitability, and this makes human treasure life even more. Life may be taken for granted if immortality exists. Also, imagine if two people get together, and one is immortal while the other is not. The one who is immortal is destined to lose the other from the start.
There is also the practical issues of overpopulation, as well as the consequential implications on the environment and pollution. It would be hard to cope with the issue, especially since Earth is only so big. If man becomes immortal, space is bound to run out. Perhaps, then, living in outerspace will be an alternative. But that is a different issue altogether.
Ultimately, I feel that it would be extremely hard (and this is a gross understatement) for man to perceive the notion of immortality as death is so much a part of life that it is hard to imagine that life will have no end. What, then, if people were to wish to die peacefully? Will they have no other option but to use artificial means such as euthanasia? I do not believe in investing in this research, and even if it is based on scientific grounds, death should be something that is universal, as is life. Rather then seek to extend our lifespans, man should instead seek methods to live a more fulfilling life, so that when we pass away, we can do so in peace without any regrets.
We are not meant to live forever and everything that begins also should end. Its natural and I don’t like how they are making these “medicines” to stop aging. Its implying aging is a sickness.
And you want to know how expensive these things will be? Only the super rich will afford such drugs and the rest of the world won’t matter. I’m against this idea big time.