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justmikewilldo t1_j1p3tbc wrote

Reply to comment by AugustusClaximus in Is it possible to Live Forever? by gg2ezpzlemonsqz

Non aging cellular organisms exist on earth. It’s a matter of when we figure out how that works, not if.

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Decryptic__ t1_j1p7z1q wrote

Isn't a type of jellyfish such a thing? And isn't it that jellyfishs don't have a brain to begin with?

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Otrsor t1_j1piw6f wrote

Well, they do have a nerve net of sorts, but the way they achieve immortality they more like regress back to "baby" form and grow back, so it's more like they just become their own baby.

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SirDraeos t1_j1p8hhs wrote

Simply figuring out how it works doesn't necessarily mean it's a mechanism we could apply to a completely different cellular structure.

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