<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Longevity research terrifies a certain kind of... > Longevity research terrifies a certain kind of mind because aging has been culturally converted from a biological process into a moral commandment. But senescent cells, DNA damage, epigenetic alterations, protein dysfunction, mitochondrial decline, immune aging, and the molecular mechanisms surrounding age-related disease are not sacred merely because ancestors were powerless against them. A biological process does not acquire moral authority by killing everyone eventually. **Source:** [[articles/AI-Tech Doomerism and Anti-Science Panic|AI-Tech Doomerism, Anti-Science Panic, those Who Sell Technological Exile]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Longevity research terrifies a certain kind of mind because aging has been culturally converted from a biological process into a moral commandment. But senescent cells, DNA damage, epigenetic alterations, protein dysfunction, mitochondrial decline, immune aging, and the molecular mechanisms surrounding age-related disease are not sacred merely because ancestors were powerless against them. A biological process does not acquire moral authority by killing everyone eventually.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-longevity-research-terrifies-killing-everyone-eventually ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->