Aging is natural: we were born to be dead.
Is aging a disease or natural process? If it is a disease can we treat it? To what extent is it safe?
Aging is an inevitable process of losing certain physical capabilities along with mental health, which is prevalent for every one of us. Although scientists claim that aging is chronic disease that can be treated through medical intervention, aging is a natural process that implies to a biological process of cell decomposition and a natural law of life.
In fact, producing anti-aging pills, or generating a gene therapy are several experiments that were hold as an attempt to stop aging. Elizabeth Parrish is a CEO in BioViva, who introduced an idea of modification of the genes, exactly saying, lengthening the ends of the chromosomes named telomeres to tackle aging. Interestingly, having experimented this process on her body cells, now Parrish is in active search for funders as well as volunteers to enhance her research investigation. Although this leaves all of us in ‘pleasant shock,’ there is a catch: there is a high risk of developing mutated cancer cells, causing more challenges to deal with. And here comes the question: does it really worth your efforts? Is lengthening a lifespan superior over graceful aging?
Aging is a biological process of cell decomposition and it’s totally natural. As the result of reproduction of cluster of cells in embryo, human body is created. Unfortunately, with time these cells pass their expiration date, thus lose their capabilities of appropriate functioning. Rationally speaking, human is born ‘young and fresh’ and dies getting older. Apparently, this is the usual path of the life that each of us go through, and this is the way things work. Therefore, aging, indeed, is a biological process that is already constructed: cells die.
Nevertheless, we can observe that people swiftly trying to increase their age through various processes like cosmetic and plastic surgery. The correction of some parts of the body is more related to the female. “It is considered as a normality when a woman wants to correct something in her appearance, if it does not suit her at all. With the development of aesthetic medicine and technology in the world, women can remain young and attractive for a long time” Satyam, 2018). According to WHO, “the number of people ageing 65 or above is estimated to grow from 524 million in 2010 to 1.5 billion in 2050. Most of the ageing population growth is happening in developing countries which are plagued with ready-to-collapse healthcare systems” (Varun, 2018). It shows us that most people are concerned about their appearance, and have begun to consider aging as a problem in their lives. The operations like plastic and cosmetic became part of human’s life in comparison with past. People are ready to sacrifice for anything to make their appearance more attractive and beautiful instead of living naturally. So, why the aging process became demanded among people? To what extent does the ways of fighting with aging is ethical in human life? Why natural beauty ceasing from fashion at this time?
Life is infinite, but our life is not - some born today, and some die tomorrow. Natural law manifests that everything in this world is interconnected that helps us to reach balance and harmony in life. However, attempts to stop aging might bring unpredicted changes outcomes of which we can never know. Imagining immortal populations on Earth associates with practical problems that human might face: overpopulation, unemployment, scarcity of resources to sustain our lives, over consumerism and ethical consequences. For this reason, natural law can’t be broken: we were born to be dead. It must be accepted in our minds, consciousness.
So, is stopping aging a real solution to the problem or just a pathetic way of comforting ourselves?
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