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		ojbyrne on Feb 5, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why We Need a War on Aging The longer life expectancies are, the less offspring you have. Seems like a natural counterbalance.

dasil003 on Feb 5, 2009 [–]

The fewer offspring you have, the less adaptable the species becomes.

bloch on Feb 5, 2009 | [–]

Depends on technological developments. Why should the individual survival machine care about the adaptability of the species as a whole?

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