2007-04-04 04:55:19 · 5 answers · asked by wanitu 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
That will solve the gargantuan problems on US Pension Funds.
2007-04-04 05:02:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, this is probably going to sound really pessimistic to you, but I'm just being a realist. No matter how many advances there are in medical science, we are all going to die someday. There just won't be enough cures for all the diseases out there. Our bodies weren't made to live forever, and no matter what we do, we won't be able to extend the lifespan indefinately. That is probably why we see more cancers nowadays. People are living longer, because they aren't dying from things like pneumonia & TB because of antibiotics, and advances in heart disease have also prevented some of those deaths. So they are living long enough for their cells to mutate & cause cancer. If we cure cancer, maybe something else will come up. Besides even when we find "cures" for things, those cures don't work for everyone. We are all different. And what about the person who randomly gets hit by a bus?
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news...I think your question was supposed to be philosophical, but I just made it practical. oops! My bad. My problem is that I am up way too late & I have been way too stressed out lately. Ha, ha. ;-)
2007-04-05 02:32:41 · answer #2 · answered by RxGirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think much will happen differently form today. Of course humans will still reproduce. We as humans do not look at reproduction in a scientific way, as needced for our species survival but, instead we reproduce as we want to. Even if the medication becomes available, it will not be provided universally. IN the case of the USA it will cost a fortune. In the case of the UK it will not be provided for by the NHS, if it is only available at a astronomical cost. This really will open up the question "what is the cost of life".
2007-04-04 12:29:36 · answer #3 · answered by mr_helper 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wars, murders, and suicides will still reduce the number of people that are alive even if all disease was conquered.
At the poor rate that spending on medical research is going and with the arbitrary political restrictions on what research can be done I don't think that rate of advancement is going to happen in this era.
2007-04-04 12:03:57 · answer #4 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We'll merely not die of natural causes, we'll still die of accidents and such. Mind you this technology would only be available to the rich first, the poor very much later.
It would also likely mean the end of human reproduction, because we wouldn't have to reproduce anymore, it would overcrowd the planet.
2007-04-04 12:10:57 · answer #5 · answered by Luis 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋