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rednightowl -> RE: Wanted: New body (9/18/2016 5:35:56 PM)
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I'd like a new body as well. Maybe taller, model like, not too busty. Made to order. :)
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ORIGINAL: jlf1961
The alternative of being dead?
There are a few trains of thought on this.
One, death is merely a change of your state of existence.
Since energy cannot be destroyed, the energy that makes up your mind would continue after your body quits.
There is the thought that we keep coming back in new bodies till we get it right.
Then there is the idea that once dead, we are nothing.
Of course, there is the fact that the body technically renews itself as it ages. However, after an arbitary point in life, the cells that replace dead cells are flawed, due to an inherent genetic anomaly that leads to cell mutation.
Some biologists have stated that there really is no sound reason for this to happen.
There is also the common thread among the flood myths.
Prior to the great flood, humans lived hundreds to thousands of years.
After the flood, nope.
Cell degradation is linked to teleomeres. As we age, it tends to shorten. They've looked into it. Telomeres shorten over a number of replications. But cancer cells don't have that problem. So, perfection is somewhere in the middle. Lifestyle, diet, and likely some other unknown factors play a part in how much the telomeres shortens from person to person. Have you heard of Blue Zones? Areas where people generally live longer and age better.
And before the flood, earth was a very different place. :)
Imagine how overpopulated the earth would be now if everyone lived to 1000 years?
But I do wish I had a better body. [:)]
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