Let's say we build a machine that can reverse aging - what would come out of the subject?
The cells would get younger, yes. But something would be shed out too. Assuming the subject isn't fat, the cells would basically keep the same size, tho maybe some of the cell mass would get shredded to account for the slender build. What would come out? Toxins?
And when we push the machine beyond the ideal age and the subject starts to become smaller, what would get out? Not the original food, as it has been processed already. Proteins?
Aging (best as we know) is a consequence of flawed copies of existing cells being produced in your body, not some invisible "aging factor". Reversing it would involve repairing these cells rather then removing something. It would probably require all the spare mass in your body as raw material, and maybe some more of top of that.
i originally thought you said 'reverse sage machine'
aaahaha ;D
The aim is to prolong life, right?
Seems to me as if the problem is not so much about "flawed copies" or "aging" but how to prolong the body's growth process.
>>2
Yeah but all cells have the original DNA stored within them. Assuming that the cells could be tricked in reverse with some magic beam, it would result in making the subject go younger. Reecently there was someone in the news who got rid of her illness because of an transplant.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/story.jsp?story=630861
Anyway, I think I found the answer to my question: the mass would stay the same. Because evacuating the extra cells would pose a major logistic problem to the body. In the end he would be a giant baby - same total mass as the original. (Eeeek)
i have a q, if we built a reverse age machine does that mean i could legally fuck 12yos
Before they covered up that loophole, yes. But the issue of statuatory rape is related to someone (arguably) mentally mature taking advantage of a youngster, which would still apply regardless of the physical ages, so I don't think people would let it stand.
You might be able to fuck a girl once above age of consent but reversed to 12yo, though.
>>6
Wait a minute, is this Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan?
Reverse-puberty doesn't sound like much fun.
When the world's overpopulation problem has been overcome, we can give this a try.
i don't get it. who's the neocon propagandist?
"The world is overpopulated, let's get rid of large amounts of people" is neocon's thinking. It comforts them in thinking killing people is okay.
The world is NOT overpopulated. We DON'T need no stinking wars.
>i don't get it. who's the neocon propagandist?
Karl Rove. HTH!
Let's get back to the subject of REVERSE PUBERTY. and write a fanfic about it
> The world is NOT overpopulated.
Hahahaha
Yes, it is. You just don't like to admit it.
Lets kill everyone and start again with amoebas.
But I'm allergic to ameobae!
personally i wouldn't mind a war or two. people are getting too sluggish.
You first!
This thread will now commence discussion about Bridget.
ITT we plan a reverse SAGE machine
One must SAGE when planning a reverse SAGE machine.
Sorry >>20, but you cannot kill me with paramecium alone.
Let's get that Human Instrumentality Project going already. I want to turn into a puddle and float around the Earth with the rest of humanity.
>>5 Yeah but all cells have the original DNA stored within them
It's an unreasonable assumption to think that all cells have the DNA you had when you were just a baby, as mutations occur throughout the years. Perhaps the closest thing to your "original DNA" would be from cells found in the brain; as they don't replicate after a certain age (or something).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_immortality
Biological immortality can be defined as the absence of a sustained increase in rate of mortality as a function of chronological age. A cell or organism that does not experience, or at some point ceases experiencing, aging is biologically immortal.
Examples of biologically immortal cells include germ cells, embryonic stem cells, and cancer cells. There is no limit to the number of times these cells may divide, as opposed to mortal cells which are limited to a set number of divisions. Some rudimentary organisms are biologically immortal.