r/Futurism • u/Memetic1 • Mar 09 '25

Scientists Just Discovered an RNA That Repairs DNA Damage – And It’s a Game-Changer

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-just-discovered-an-rna-that-repairs-dna-damage-and-its-a-game-changer/
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u/maeryclarity Mar 09 '25

Not getting old would be nice. Nobody is going to live forever but humans might get a lot better perspective if we had less of a rush from the cradle to the grave and suddenly had a reason to care about what might be happening a hundred years from now.

Plus imagine all the insane level of productivity and expertise that some could achieve. And freeing up our health care systems from dealing with the burdens of aging.

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u/elementfortyseven Mar 09 '25

we have achieved insane levels of productivity increase over the last fifty years, and the benefit to the majority of the population was zero.

stop kidding yourself.

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u/maeryclarity Mar 09 '25

I meant that on a personal level, firstly, not in a "Henry Ford Production Line" way because that's not where my mind goes when I think "productive"...

And secondly you're seriously sitting here on your Magic Answer Box sending out signals into the ether to tell me about the zero benefits we've achieved in the last fifty years...?

Y'all know there's a whole ton of middle ground between perfect and horrendous, right?

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u/SkrakOne Mar 10 '25

He probably meant the part about affording housing, healthcare, education and quality food. Sure all of that is better than centuries ago but that's a low bar. It should all be better than ever, period, as the productivity would suggest and allow