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What is aging? Why aren't we considering it a medical emergency when it inflicts us all with terminal illness? Why do so many people still believe aging is a good thing and that science should not intervene in its catastrophic processes? This essay explores these questions and the irrationality of those resisting the rapidly growing mission to bring aging under medical control.
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Entraigues Abramson, M. (2019). To Age, or Not to Age: That Is the Question. In: Lee, N. (eds) The Transhumanism Handbook. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16920-6_17
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