Ortus14 t1_j3lifcd wrote
Reply to comment by a4mula in Arguments against calling aging a disease make no sense relative to other natural processes we attempt to fix. by Desperate_Food7354
So there's two definitions for aging currently. There's chronological aging, and biological aging.
https://www.britannica.com/science/aging-life-process
The op was referring to biological aging.
a4mula t1_j3liqo3 wrote
And I'm stating something that is true, regardless of your definition.
Aging isn't a disease. There are biological processes that we associate with aging that lead to the degradation of the human body.
Just fucking words right?
Mental Gymastics.
Except it's not, because read through this shit show of a thread.
There's so much confusion it makes me dizzy.
It's not the words. it's the ideas and thoughts behind them.
The understandings.
And you might say, meh... who gives a fuck.
To which I'd point you directly to billions of dollars wasted by experts, doctors, scientists, politicians, researchers, and mostly those suffering from disease.
Because they didn't understand this simple difference.
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