<story><title>Scientists reverse aging in human cell lines and give theory of aging a new life</title><url>http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150526085138.htm</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>SCHiM</author><text>I know my words are probably going to sound quite harsh, and I realize that there will be people who will take offense, still this is my opinion on the matter, and this being the Internet you&amp;#x27;re obliged to read and then ignore it ;p&lt;p&gt;To me it seems that choosing whether or not to live is a very personal choice, arguably the most personal choice you can make. Not wanting to contribute to a goal another might have is fine, nobody should be forcing you to contribute to anti-aging research or experimentation. However I don&amp;#x27;t think you should have a say in whether or not another ends&amp;#x2F;extends his or her life. It follows that you aren&amp;#x27;t allowed to forbid research into this area either, you might think it immoral, dangerous or distasteful, but it&amp;#x27;s not your choice to make.&lt;p&gt;There are a lot of arguments against changing what people think of as the &amp;#x27;natural order&amp;#x27;. Various people are concerned that it will lead to overpopulation, perhaps it will. Perhaps when it gets really bad wars and&amp;#x2F;or famine will break out. Nature doing its &amp;#x27;job&amp;#x27;.&lt;p&gt;Perhaps it&amp;#x27;s selfish of me, but given the choice between inventing a &amp;#x27;cure&amp;#x27; for aging (that I can then subsequently use) and dying when &amp;#x27;my time has come&amp;#x27;. I&amp;#x27;ll pick the cure for sure. I do care about the consequences, just not enough to stop me from producing and using said cure.&lt;p&gt;And I think that goes for many people. Only they&amp;#x27;re afraid to make that point and&amp;#x2F;or follow through with what they are actually advocating. Why else would you prefer dying of old age, to not dying at all?&lt;p&gt;If you truly think it&amp;#x27;s better to die of aging, and thereby preventing &amp;lt;insert horrible future&amp;gt; why don&amp;#x27;t you just decide to end yourself, and leave others be?</text></comment>
<story><title>Scientists reverse aging in human cell lines and give theory of aging a new life</title><url>http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150526085138.htm</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>fapjacks</author><text>Whenever this kind of thing makes it to human trials, I will be the first in line. Injections, blood treatment therapy, uploading my consciousness to the internet... Whatever. More time to learn all those JavaScript frameworks. ;)</text></comment>