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I've read that some studies were done a while back showing that human cells are able to keep renewing for around 120 years. That should be our average lifespan, not 75 or 80. I find that appealing, and am making some changes in my lifestyle habits to increase my longevity potential. Living forever, though--as you say, it has no appeal at all. And absolutely not via any inserted technology or consuming repulsive concoctions as some are said to do. All your arguments make sense, and I'd think it would be unutterably lonely to outlive everyone I know and love, and to do that repeatedly throughout time (like the Highlander)--why does anyone want to do that? Fear of death, I suppose--and what harm to others are they willing to do to stave off that change that terrifies them?

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