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gerbilly on Feb 21, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Physics Makes Aging Inevitable, Not Biology (2016)

>Nature has not been able to solve the problem of ageing

Nature does not have an ageing problem.

Aging and dying is a necessary condition for life to even exist.

It's only humans who have a problem with it.

AnIdiotOnTheNet on Feb 21, 2018 [–]

Only humans who have a very narrow conception of self. People sacrifice themselves for family, communities, nations, and ideologies all the time.

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