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Originally Posted by Puck
If we all live to be a thousand then the world will die in war. Children would continue to be born but the old will not die, Recourses will become scarce, the rich would get richer, and the poor would get pooer, and more numerous. The poor in their vast numbers would rise up against the rich and then against each other, explosions would rock the world, animals and plants would become extinct en masse. The last of these animals to go extinct would be humans. Earth does niot have the resources to allow people to live that long, if we try then the world will be thrown into a turmoil that there will be no waking from.
I am feeling optimistic today =]
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^ I agree with you Puck. It really is a massive blow to allow every single person on this planet to live to a 1,000 years old. We will have to use up more room, more resources and there will be more people dying of starvation in the developing countries.
I think something like this isn't that possible until possibly the next 200 years or so. Where is the cure for cancer? What about the room for other species of animals? What about food resources and the biggest threat of Global Warming that is already costing heaps of the World's economy?
Sure would be nice to live longer, but we need to think of the consequences before we jump into these experiments.