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dustofoblivion123 OP t1_je354vo wrote

From the article:

"Compartir en Facebook Compartir en Twitter Compartir en Telegram Compartir en Whatsapp Enviar por email Tech. What is the 'digital curfew' in the U.S. and how will it curb underage social media use? Tech. Which countries have banned TikTok? Check the full list A former Google engineer has just predicted that humans will achieve immortality in eight years, something more than likely considering that 86% of his 147 predictions have been correct.

Ray Kurzweil visited the YouTube channel Adagio, in a discussion on the expansion of genetics, nanotechnology and robotics, which he believes will lead to age-reversing 'nanobots'.

These tiny robots will repair damaged cells and tissues that deteriorate as the body ages, making people immune to certain diseases such as cancer."

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iamthewhatt t1_je37kfi wrote

I thought the issue isn't that cells are becoming damaged, it's that the DNA is losing its "code" over time? I really doubt we'll have robots that can repair actual DNA

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Scope_Dog t1_je6092y wrote

why not? they have cured other illnesses by editing DNA. Immortality just seems like the beginning to me.

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iamthewhatt t1_je6ndoj wrote

You don't "cure" damaged DNA that way. The genetic code itself is what is causing the damage. You need to be able to manipulate that code to prevent damage or to repair itself. Tiny robots aren't going to do that in 8 years.

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CatPasswd t1_je38jf7 wrote

As cells reproduce, a certain structure called a telomere degrades. Eventually, when the telomeres are too short, the cells can't replace themselves because the failure rate becomes too high.

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