Thread: Seriousness Should human life be extended?
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Old 04-30-2009, 08:11 AM   #4
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[Another character comments]: "The wise and good are outnumbered a thousand to one by the brutal and stupid. When you give an Einstein two centuries to perfect his science, you give a thousand others two centuries to perfect their brutality. [Ital mine.]"
This seems a very silly argument. Can it possibly be that we have the perfect length of lifespan? Or should we take this argument further, and murder anyone over 40? After all, then the brutal and stupid have less time to perfect their brutality.

I would welcome a method of extending healthy human lifespan. Any problems it brings would be far outweighed by the benefit of not dying.
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