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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 2 Feb 2016

    No single aging mechanism: everything wears out. Predictions of imminent immortality are overblown.http://hms.harvard.edu/news/lifespan-machine-probes-cause-aging#.VrCuR6aISM8.twitter …

    5:28 AM - 2 Feb 2016
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    • J bgr Alana Fane KINGSMAN Kina Binkley Alana Flannagan Zac Raymond Rich Neal (rrneal) #NoDAPL P(A|B) Mr Herrtidning™
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      2. Andrzej C.‏ @andrz3jc 2 Feb 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker Let's keep it that way. Immortal, even orgasm, is hell.

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      3. zeroroguer‏ @zeroroguer 2 Feb 2016
        Replying to @andrz3jc

        @andrz3jc @sapinker Yes.

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      4. zeroroguer‏ @zeroroguer 2 Feb 2016
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        @andrz3jc @sapinker Makes absolute sense!

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      1. Jonathan Smith‏ @engineerwplan 2 Feb 2016
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        @sapinker Immortality is impossible b/c of accidents, but as to aging, in theory any part can be replaced or fixed before the organism dies.

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      1. MeditationAsheville‏ @MeditationAVL 2 Feb 2016
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        .@sapinker scores of peer-reviewed studies show that practicing Transcendental Meditation slows down the aging process immensely!

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      1. Taurus Londoño‏ @TaurusLondono 2 Feb 2016
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        @sapinker Straw man. Advances re: aging will come from regenerative med and rejuvenation, not a cure for some underlying "cause of aging"

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      1. HellOhtoYou‏ @HellOhtoYou 10 Feb 2016
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        @sapinker I'd like 20000 years forever is too long.

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      1. SCROB TV‏ @scrobTV 3 Feb 2016
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        @sapinker @YeyoZa Clearing the Body's Retired Cells Slows Aging, Extends Life http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/02/clearing-retired-cells-extends-life/459723/ …pic.twitter.com/BCumK3D7GI

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      1. Intelligence Squared‏ @IQ2US 3 Feb 2016
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        @sapinker You might find our debate tonight interesting: http://smarturl.it/AgingLivestream  #iq2uslive

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      1. Mark‏ @mhidden 2 Feb 2016
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        @sapinker I know right, that "and" is going to wear out any day now, Like that is totally over used.

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      1. David Thomas‏ @vanya42st 2 Feb 2016
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        @sapinker What nonsense! Humans have been "aging" from the beginning. We don't need some study to validate the "mysteries"of aging. What BS!

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      1. Tangled Zans‏ @tangled_zans 2 Feb 2016
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        @sapinker @aubreydegrey has been saying that for years:https://www.ted.com/talks/aubrey_de_grey_says_we_can_avoid_aging?language=en …

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      1. Timothy Bates‏ @timothycbates 2 Feb 2016
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        @sapinker Probably makes progress more possible: Each ageing mechanism can be solved independently: #modularity → improbability

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      1. WaywardSkeptic‏ @WaywardSkeptic 2 Feb 2016
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        @sapinker Immortality seems boring, besides we're already using up the planet's resources.

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      1. Yotam Barnoy‏ @yotambarnoy 2 Feb 2016
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        @sapinker Doesn't make sense to me. How do such similar organisms as humans and dogs age so differently? All systems are different? Unlikely

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      1. Leigh‏ @leighrobinson 2 Feb 2016
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        @sapinker I'm not sure anyone actually believed there was a single cause at biochem level. Interesting new work though.

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      1. Jason S.C. Fung‏ @JasonSCFung 2 Feb 2016
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        @sapinker may this tweet live forever

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      1. SmileStones‏ @AmiKanu 2 Feb 2016
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        @sapinker How can we explain then the tremendous success in increasing shelf-life of veg ?😀

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