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Originally Posted by Double  My morals are based on reality. And thus they must be applied to everyone. If one thing is good for one, it must be good for all. One rule is No-one can force/tell others what to do. IF this was the case, that rule automatically eliminates the concept of free will.
For example, if i can tell you what to do, and you can tell others what to do, and these others tell me what to do, then the free-will does not exist, and no-one could tell anyone what to do to begin with. I mean, where does it start? |
It starts with a "pecking order" and those at the top telling those at the bottom what to do. And a pecking order forms in every human group and many non-human groups as well. And sometimes force is used to enforce the pecking order. This does not negate free will because people choose their positions in the pecking order... although often not consciously.
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I think the truth is, that that which keeps us healthy, is only what can make us healthy. Which explains why there has never been found a "cure" for cancer. There is no such thing, its merely a disease derived from an unhealthy lifestyle.
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I read an interesting article the other day about how apparently naked mole rats never get cancers. They also live very long lives for their size (up to 28 years). Scientists have isolated a gene that reacts to cell crowding with much more sensitivity than the human version and is apparently responsible for preventing cancer. There are just so many potentially useful biological mechanisms that we don't understand yet. I think advances in genetic understanding are the best chance for increasing the human life span.