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Old 03-14-2011, 12:36 PM   #56
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Originally Posted by SportsJunky View Post
In the not too distant future, nanotechnology should keep us living for a looooong time. We just have to live long enough until it's an affordable treatment. Not long ago it cost a half billion dollars to map the human genome, now you and I can get it done for less then a quarter of a million dollars. The law of accelerating returns tells us that if we can hang in long enough we should be able to add decades of quality life to our lifespan for a very minimal amount of money.
This will present serious ethical questions on population growth.
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