If you could rid the world of one thing

[irishjayhawk]

Originally Posted by SNR

Wait, what? Why? How?

Because it's simply the degeneration of cells. Preventing or stopping that would be a very good step. Of course, we'd also have to have an exit strategy off the planet in case of overpopulation.

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

I'm pretty sure that if I'm fortunate enough to live to be old as ****, I'll probably welcome death.

As would I, but that presumes that we'd get that far. The current theory about what I've put forth suggests that they'll develop a therapy that x age range will take. And by the time that dose will have done all it can, another will exponentially build on that until it effectively keeps us alive forever. The downside is the cutoff point of people that can and cannot accept therapy.

Here's the leading guy in this realm: