Ask HN: Why don't we solve aging?

5 points by goldlimetea 88 days ago 29 comments
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Why isn't it the top priority for everyone?

Do people believe it's impossible to solve aging, and death?

What role does religion, afterlife beliefs, wealth inequality, and financial elitism play (if any)?

It's a very interesting thought isn't it - that we all age and die, overall pretty quickly, and nobody seems to care too much about it. Nobody wants to talk about it.

As if most people don't even see a problem to solve.

And when I look at the problem... it seems entirely solvable! I can't help but wonder why nobody else cares?

I think the worst possible reply to this question tends to be something like: "who would want to live forever?" (a different philosophical question, also interesting, but to me less urgent).

I genuinely want to know why nobody cares to solve aging - a biological phenomenon easily knowable and conquerable that would easily be the greatest discovery in the history of the Universe.

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