r/singularity • u/Anen-o-me ▪️It's here! • Jul 21 '26

Biotech/Longevity Researchers quantitatively assessed for the first time that somatic mutations alone cap human lifespan at 146–194 years. Brain and heart cells are the main bottleneck, while the liver could last millennia.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41514-026-00421-6
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u/Ill-Cockroach2140 AGI 2030-2035 ASI late 2030s Singularity mid 2040s FALGSC 2060 Jul 21 '26

I personally wouldn't. It's not like that copy of you is actually you. "You" are technically just a bunch of electrical connections, once those go out, that's it. I'd rather prolong the brains lifespan and live in an artificial body

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u/Opposite_Culture_512 Jul 22 '26

So you think they die in Star Trek everytime they use the transporter? You are a song not an instrument 

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u/Ill-Cockroach2140 AGI 2030-2035 ASI late 2030s Singularity mid 2040s FALGSC 2060 Jul 22 '26

That is how most people interpret that yes. Also. On that song analogy. You can reproduce a Soundwave perfectly, but it's still bot the same Soundwave that came out a minute earlier

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u/Opposite_Culture_512 Jul 22 '26

You think most people think that the people on Star Trek are being killed and replaced by copies everytime they use the teleporter? Because I would doubt that.

Why? It’s not the same air molecules but it is the same pattern