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RE: A new research paper finds that naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) don’t have biological age like most other other organisms do! Could they be biologically immortal?

in #science7 years ago

While they might be immortal in theory (meaning they don't die from being too old), they could still be killed be predators, falling rocks in their caves, and a lot of other things, so they are not at all immoral in a way we often like to think of immortality :)

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Yes that was the thing which i was missing. Thanks for pointing out this scenario. I was missing this valid point but still difficult to digest immortal theory, even though every thing is possible. I think all you want to say their DNA donot chane with their growth and they remain superfit.

Yeah, that is pretty much what biological immortality is. Think of it as a 1000-year old human being as fit as a 30 year old, and both of them having the exact same chance to die from other causes. In normal situations older people have a much higher chance to die than those who are younger.