FunkyTown Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/dec/20/anti-ageing-human-trials That's right. We're now in human trials of a compound that will reverse the human bodies aging. The example given here is that a 60 year old will look, feel and be as fit as a 20 year old. It only costs $50, 000.00 a day! EarlJibbs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Will they take checks? askandanswer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palerider Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 I could turn in my pennies....:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarginOfError Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 $50,000 a day? Sure, why not? If I'm immortal, I've got an eternity to pay down the debt, so I can accrue as much of it as I want, right? Litzy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Folk Prophet Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Are we headed back towards the 1000 year life spans of the early biblical years? -- once they get the cost down of course. Perhaps this is part of the restoration of all things. Heheh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarginOfError Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Are we headed back towards the 1000 year life spans of the early biblical years? -- once they get the cost down of course. Perhaps this is part of the restoration of all things. Heheh. That would be catstrophic. sure, it was kind of cool starting from a population of 2. But starting from a population of 6 billion? Yuck. The Folk Prophet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyTown Posted February 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 That would be catstrophic. sure, it was kind of cool starting from a population of 2. But starting from a population of 6 billion? Yuck. If this gets developed and is not freely available, I can guarantee that the population will drop down to about 2 in short order when people's loved ones start dying. MarginOfError 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveler Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Just as a side note - I once read an article that if we had to capability to live 1000 years that very few would survive past the age of about 400. The reason is that statistically the possibility of being killed in an accident would have ended our life by then. Less than 1% would survive past that age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bini Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 I am healthier now as a 30-year old than I was at 20. Wouldn't want to go back to my earlier days, my lifestyle is much happier and healthier now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolarVortex Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Just as a side note - I once read an article that if we had to capability to live 1000 years that very few would survive past the age of about 400. The reason is that statistically the possibility of being killed in an accident would have ended our life by then. Less than 1% would survive past that age. But won't we have self-driving cars 400 years from now? You have a point... a friend of mine was just in a bad car accident, and on the ambulance ride to the hospital a chatty paramedic told him that on average all Americans will be in 2 serious car accidents in their lives, and the odd are overwhelming that these accidents will be within a 10-mile radius of their homes, or something along those lines. The ambulance company then billed my friend's insurance company $2000 for a 1-mile ambulance ride. I guess they had all this expensive equipment to hoist injured people into the ambulance so no paramedics need to bend over, and they had to recover the cost for it. (I'm not ridiculing paramedics, many Americans are simply too fat to lift these days.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Folk Prophet Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) That would be catstrophic. sure, it was kind of cool starting from a population of 2. But starting from a population of 6 billion? Yuck. Gay marriage is the answer. Edit: I know explaining one's joke makes it not funny...but as I'm primarilly concerned with other things than being funny... I'm KIDDING! Just in case. Edited February 5, 2015 by The Folk Prophet MarginOfError 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarginOfError Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Gay marriage is the answer. I almost fell out of my chair laughing. The Folk Prophet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Folk Prophet Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 I almost fell out of my chair laughing. I'm glad you got to read it before I whimped out and added the not-funny-anymore disclaimer then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarginOfError Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 I'm glad you got to read it before I whimped out and added the not-funny-anymore disclaimer then. I would have laughed anyway. It was funny because it came from you. It wouldn't have been nearly as funny from me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 It's a trap! The Twilight vampires are trying to get you to join their clan! Run away! Well.. unless you wanna be a vampire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightSG Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 You have a point... a friend of mine was just in a bad car accident, and on the ambulance ride to the hospital a chatty paramedic told him that on average all Americans will be in 2 serious car accidents in their lives, and the odd are overwhelming that these accidents will be within a 10-mile radius of their homes, or something along those lines. I move every couple of years to keep the statistical likelihoods confused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDS_Scoutmaster Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Wow, sign me up, and pay my way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyTown Posted February 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 I move every couple of years to keep the statistical likelihoods confused. My sister has been in four serious accidents. I'm just going to take two of hers. That's how math works, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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