The Fallacy of 'Giving Up'

[SheilaT]

1. Thanks.

A few years ago I read something that said based on typical usage of various body parts, we are designed to wear out at around age 82. I can't assess the validity of that statement, but it makes sense.

I am currently 66, in very good health, and I actually have plans for my 97th birthday -- there's a total eclipse of the sun I want to see. I personally have a very strong belief in an afterlife, and so while I'm in no hurry whatsoever to leave this life, as far as I'm concerned there will be something after. But even if I believed there was absolutely nothing, I still recognize that this physical life will come to an end.

I'm also greatly disturbed by those who are confident we'll be able to prolong human livespan by hundreds, maybe thousands of years. I see lots of problems if that actually comes about. First is simple overpopulation. The second is that for human society and culture to progress, it needs new members.