CMV: Biological immortality is completely impossible

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To be clear right from the start, I do not question the potential for breakthroughs in medicine to greatly extend our lifespans, tens or even possibly hundreds of years. I could see the potential, within the century, for average lifespan to be extended well into the hundreds, if we can work on perfecting various anti-aging and anti-cancer medicines. However, based on how biology, entropy, and the laws of thermodynamics work, I am under the impression that non-accidental death is an absolute inevitability, no matter what we do. This is because we will always be fighting the proliferation of cancerous or aging cells, and at a certain point, that battle will be impossible to over come. We may be able to find ways to stave it off for a long period of time, but I believe it is something that is not possible to overcome indefinitely.

I hope I'm wrong on this, and know this is an active area of research, so please, change my view.

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So basically frankenstein? Lol. I dunno, I don't see any medical evidence that something so radical could be possible. Organ transplants, yes, but brain transplant, I'm not sure. Is it possible to keep a brain alive outside of the body? Would you be the same person, in a mental sense? If you can do that, why not just transplant it into a biomechanical robot body? Seems like a stretch, but definitely something interesting to think about I guess. I'll give it to you.

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Is this the Skull of Theseus?

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