Preventing Natural Death

[JustinN55]

I'm not quite so sure what causes death of natural causes in humans but it seems that the heart, or diaphram, gives up. Could it be possible to remove the head of someone who just died, keep it alive with blood, an oxidation machine and a pump and attach each individual nerve to a board which converts the nerve signals to electricity to move a robotic body. Most importantly, is it possible to haphazardly connect each nerve and the person would learn to control their body like a baby does. (Ex. Nerve controlling arm get rerouted to leg) I was just curious

[Delta1212]

"Natural causes" isn't really its own thing. Everyone dies of something. Some of those things can be prevented or fixed before they cause death, but few fixes are perfect and the more things that break down, the more likely that the next thing to break will wind up killing you either before it can be fixed or because it can't be fixed at all.

[Leopathe]

Everyone must die at some point, we aren't to the point that we can live forever but there are studies that show we could.

 

Telomeres have shown promise in the aging department for humans, but they tend to be closely related with cancer. Messing with them could end up landing someone with cancer.

 

If you're interested in reading more, here:

http://www.news-medical.net/life-sciences/Telomeres-and-Cancer.aspx

 

The brain needs much more than just oxygen too, it needs energy(which comes from the blood stream, which get it from vital organs), and while this idea is super cool it isn't likely to really happen.

[fredreload]

Well I've been looking into digital immortality. Whether you can swap neurons to 3D neurons still remains a mystery.

[Itoero]

We are made to die...it allows us to adapt to a changing environment.

If we find everything in our DNA which limits our lifespan then maybe we can cut and paste in our DNA until we can live forever.

[fredreload]

Through transdifferentiation yes, but you think DNA technology will make it in 50 years?

[Yvtq8k3n]

I dont know why it takes so long, i can bet that there is alot of people that would gladdly be "test subjects" in order to try to live a little longer.

Edited November 3, 2016 by Yvtq8k3n