I wonder if racial fluidity will also become a ‘thing’ soon.

comment by Kunta Kante (U1641)
posted 35 minutes ago
I wonder if racial fluidity will also become a ‘thing’ soon.
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While I'm mixed race (Dad is white, Mom is black). Technically, it is possible or me to be ''race fluid''.

I can hang out with my black friends & drop the N-word without them feeling offended because they know that I self-identify is as black.

But I can also hang out with my white mates & talk about the similar llife experiences that we have even if I am technically not white. I can switch between my ''blackness'' & ''whiteness''.

I do however have a problem with culture vultures such as Iggy Azelia who appropriate black culture to enrich themselves. Same applies with the Kardashians, they too fetishize black culture & have appropriated large aspects of it. That's not race fluidity, that's just plain old appropriation. I - as mixed race man - cannot possibly be accused of that.

* The first sentence should read: Well i'm mixed race (dad is white, mom is black) so technically, it is possible for me to be ''race fluid''.

comment by United we win (U19958)
posted 1 hour, 25 minutes ago
telomeres alone do not dictate lifespan, there are other factors.

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Grand piano falling on head, for one.

Attack by hungry Bengal tiger has also been know to hav an impact.

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Headbutted by a moose whilst hunting a white Arabian. That has happened.

Altered Carbon is where all this is going.

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comment by The artist formerly known as Joe (U15888)
posted 2 hours, 28 minutes ago
At present, we cannot change the aging process, but in time we will be able to, so I don't believe you're right in asserting that this is one thing that literally cannot change.

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Age is something we cannot change

We can stop decaying of the human body, we cannot stop aging
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Aging (not the aging process, but the passage of time) cannot be stopped, but it can be slowed.

The Twin Paradox shows that a person (or object) who leaves and later rejoins an initial inertial frame will have aged less than people (and objects) in the initial frame due to time dilation.

The effects are relatively minuscule for short term and low acceleration scenarios, but an astronaut leaving Earth and accelerating to 0.8c (four-fifths of the speed of light) and returning ten years later will have only aged six years in Earth terms.

As the path taken by the astronaut before her return to Earth is unimportant, equally if you can train yourself to run at 0.8c, you could just do laps of the Earth’s surface to achieve the same result without the expense and effort of building yourself a spaceship. So there you have it: a ready made and affordable solution to the aging process.

You’re welcome

comment by rosso is facking happy (U17054)
posted 2 minutes ago

comment by The artist formerly known as Joe (U15888)
posted 2 hours, 28 minutes ago
At present, we cannot change the aging process, but in time we will be able to, so I don't believe you're right in asserting that this is one thing that literally cannot change.

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Age is something we cannot change

We can stop decaying of the human body, we cannot stop aging
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Aging (not the aging process, but the passage of time) cannot be stopped, but it can be slowed.

The Twin Paradox shows that a person (or object) who leaves and later rejoins an initial inertial frame will have aged less than people (and objects) in the initial frame due to time dilation.

The effects are relatively minuscule for short term and low acceleration scenarios, but an astronaut leaving Earth and accelerating to 0.8c (four-fifths of the speed of light) and returning ten years later will have only aged six years in Earth terms.

As the path taken by the astronaut before her return to Earth is unimportant, equally if you can train yourself to run at 0.8c, you could just do laps of the Earth’s surface to achieve the same result without the expense and effort of building yourself a spaceship. So there you have it: a ready made and affordable solution to the aging process.

You’re welcome
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I'm struggling to get my head around just how fast that is. Could you simplify it for me and give me a reading in number of Matic?

I’ve done the math and it’s at least 10x Full Matic, Elvis. At least.

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posted 7 seconds ago

I’ve done the math and it’s at least 10x Full Matic, Elvis. At least.
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You saying its Matic 10? You're pulling my leg? Surely?

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comment by rosso is facking happy (U17054)
posted 10 minutes ago

Get gender liquid with the rest of us then
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You're not getting any of mine.

Gender liquid.

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I can't imagine we're very far away from extending human life forever (in terms of stopping the aging process that happens around 30).

My limited understanding is that we repair cells constantly throughout childhood and young adulthood - everything is regrown and replaced over time then that process starts to stop and we eventually die over the remaining years.

Stopping that signal to decline seems possible IMO

Dave, I reckon my gender liquid would be the only thing sticking around in that case.

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comment by Dave NotSo (U11711)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by it'sonlyagame (U6426)
posted 10 minutes ago
Dave, I reckon my gender liquid would be the only thing sticking around in that case.
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Think I'd prefer the piano. It really struck a chord with me.
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