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		<title>By: Forget Immortality: Live Life Without Aging - A printing blog for people who are interested in graphic design and commercial printing - PrintingWeek.net - The Printing Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 21:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Krampfadern Varizen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Krampfadern Varizen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 03:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am all new to the blog scene. I wonder which blogging platform suits my needs best. Several people have warmly recommended me to try Blogspot. Do you personally think Blog Engine is easier to use than aforesaid cms?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am all new to the blog scene. I wonder which blogging platform suits my needs best. Several people have warmly recommended me to try Blogspot. Do you personally think Blog Engine is easier to use than aforesaid cms?</p>
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		<title>By: Lieselotte Demateo</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2010/08/12/forget-immortality-live-life-without-aging/#comment-2875</link>
		<dc:creator>Lieselotte Demateo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Aw, this was a really nice post. In thought I want to put in writing like this additionally – taking time and precise effort to make an excellent article… however what can I say… I procrastinate alot and by no means seem to get something done.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Aw, this was a really nice post. In thought I want to put in writing like this additionally – taking time and precise effort to make an excellent article… however what can I say… I procrastinate alot and by no means seem to get something done.</p>
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		<title>By: Praedor</title>
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		<dc:creator>Praedor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 17:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;How does one differentiate between a 30-year-old who wants to be healthy enough to live to fifty and a 90-year-old who wants to be healthy enough to live to be over 100?&quot;

That&#039;s too easy.  You can differentiate them by the fact that the 30-year-old seeking to live to 50 is talking about 20 years of (presumably) good life.  The 90-year-old is seeking 10 years of declining capabilities and health as s/he approaches the big 100.

As for any nanotech magic fixes...bah.  Our body is literally riddled with nanotech machines and a VERY robust DNA repair system (based on nanotech machines) yet all that nanotech (proteins and enzymes) fail.

I would welcome a pill as described in the &quot;test&quot; above but I simply don&#039;t see a way to do it, or why it must be that if you DID create such a pill, that it would spectacularly fail in the last couple years of life as if one&#039;s lifespan is hardcoded by the 3 Fates and no matter what you do, no matter how healthy you are, once that Fate-encoded time comes, POOF!  Thus the pill idea, AS DESCRIBED, seems absolutely implausible.  </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;How does one differentiate between a 30-year-old who wants to be healthy enough to live to fifty and a 90-year-old who wants to be healthy enough to live to be over 100?&#8221;</p>
<p>That&#8217;s too easy.  You can differentiate them by the fact that the 30-year-old seeking to live to 50 is talking about 20 years of (presumably) good life.  The 90-year-old is seeking 10 years of declining capabilities and health as s/he approaches the big 100.</p>
<p>As for any nanotech magic fixes&#8230;bah.  Our body is literally riddled with nanotech machines and a VERY robust DNA repair system (based on nanotech machines) yet all that nanotech (proteins and enzymes) fail.</p>
<p>I would welcome a pill as described in the &#8220;test&#8221; above but I simply don&#8217;t see a way to do it, or why it must be that if you DID create such a pill, that it would spectacularly fail in the last couple years of life as if one&#8217;s lifespan is hardcoded by the 3 Fates and no matter what you do, no matter how healthy you are, once that Fate-encoded time comes, POOF!  Thus the pill idea, AS DESCRIBED, seems absolutely implausible.  </p>
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		<title>By: Jamin Szczesny</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2010/08/12/forget-immortality-live-life-without-aging/#comment-2873</link>
		<dc:creator>Jamin Szczesny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 01:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think some humans living today will live for hundreds of years or more in relatively young healthy bodies thanks to science and all the hard workers out there making it all possible. Thank you all!
Is the pill going to be red or blue? =)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think some humans living today will live for hundreds of years or more in relatively young healthy bodies thanks to science and all the hard workers out there making it all possible. Thank you all!<br />
Is the pill going to be red or blue? =)</p>
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		<title>By: Star Carlton</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2010/08/12/forget-immortality-live-life-without-aging/#comment-2872</link>
		<dc:creator>Star Carlton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I would take the pill</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would take the pill</p>
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