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Originally Posted by kyleb350
If you think about it, wouldn't this nanotechnology have to keep the parts of our bodies (that make us human) from eventually decaying if we wanted to me immortal? We could be all machine, yes, but in order to have any "human" in us, we would still have to have a consciousness, which cannot be replicated by electronics, no? Unless they know 100% of what the brain can do and mimic that with this technology.
I'm thinking too much into this... ha
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I don't know much about biology, but a documentary I watched once indicated that telomeres (spelling?) are one of the main things that limits our lifespan. Apparently they determine how many times your DNA can replicate. If this could be fixed, then our biology might be able to go on for much longer. I would guess that one of the more difficult things to extend would be memory. If you replaced old brain cells with new ones, wouldn't the memories go with them? That may not be a bad thing.