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| 7361 | Both. | What's the most ironic thing about life? |
| 7362 | One that I was in a long-term loving relationship with. So currently, none of them. | Which celebrities, politicians, royals, and other famous figures, would you want to have sex with? |
| 7363 | Maybe you should highlight all the ways in which you resemble Johnny Depp and Ron Weasley?  | Which celebrities, politicians, royals, and other famous figures, would you want to have sex with? |
| 7364 | I'm not familiar with them - I've probably heard some of their songs, but none of the titles ring any bells. | What are your favourite songs by the Smiths? |
| 7365 | Diefenbaker is cuter. | Is Paul Gross? |
| 7366 | He's a wolf. | Is Paul Gross? |
| 7367 | Wow, Diefenbaker the man and Diefenbaker the wolf actually look rather similar. | Is Paul Gross? |
| 7368 | It was a great show  | Is Paul Gross? |
| 7369 | It was made *by* Canadians, so they were playing up to stereotypes, rather than making fools of themselves. Mostly, it was just about the Canadian character being super-polite, no matter what...Thankyou kindly! | Is Paul Gross? |
| 7370 | I would have concerns about population growth were this technology to become available. Presumably people would still want to have children, yet wouldn't be dying themselves. And I imagine this is something that could only be afforded by the rich - the inevitable consequence of that would be that the poor would get poorer and the exploited would be more so. If there was some way of avoiding all of that, I wouldn't have any kind of moral objection to the technology...And think what extension of life could do for the species! Individuals could take the time to really study their fields, not just specialise in one tiny area but really get to grips with all of it, making the cross-links they wouldn't have otherwise done. The wisdom and knowledge that would not just be recorded, but would be living, would be immense.
As for his method...I'm confused about his plan to remove the gene for telomerase in order to stop cancer cells from surviving. Telomerase lengthens the telomeres and the telomeres are a pretty vital part of the chromosome. They get shorter with ageing, which is why animals cloned from adults (such as Dolly the sheep) often show signs of ageing when they are still relatively young. If you prevent extension of the telomeres then surely that's defeating the point as all cells would age more rapidly, not just the ones given to being cancerous...Unless he can think of a way to only switch off the gene in cancer cells, but I honestly doubt that's possible (or will ever be, until we can genetically modify DNA on a cell by cell basis). There's certainly a lot of value in his work - he's posing very pertinent problems for people to try and solve, but he isn't going to solve them himself. Some of them may not even be solveable... You do know how to find the good ones | Do you think life extension technology is a good idea? Would you use it if it was available? |
