[Poll] Biological Immortality - yay or nay?

[VanceIX]

DevilRising said:

VanceIX said:

Roma said:
like time travel this is not possible

Not true. There are already species that are biologically immortal. Scientists have also made great leaps in identifying causes of aging (like telomere caps), and with genetic engineering not too far off, nothing is truly impossible.

That is still ignoring the ultimate fact that, were this even possible (hint: it isn't), it would come down to a very few having it, while everyone else still dies.

It's against nature, and death is a part of the cycle of life. You disrupt that, the world would be far more fucked than it is right now.

Trying to state otherwise, even scientifically, is ignorance, I feel.

I'm not saying that it should or shouldn't be done. I'm just saying that it is possible. If you don't believe me (I'm in the process of my biochem major, btw), just look up all the articles on it. One day in the future, perhaps even in our lifetime, genetic engineering will enable scientists to change almost any aspect of the body, including dealing with telomere degradation, which will allow breakthroughs in aging. Whether or not that is good is the question I asked.