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By Stanley Shostak

Argues that dying isn't unchanging, yet particularly has advanced over time.

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30 Natalia Gavrilova and Leonid Gavrilov state equally categorically that “many of these ‘self-evident’ assumptions (for example, the normal life span distribution law, and the notion of an absolute limit to longevity) are simply unsound when tested . . ”31 The obvious problem with genes for aging, dying, and death is that they would seem to offer no adaptive advantage to individuals possessing these genes, and, hence, would have no way of evolving into stable parts of the genome. Modern genetics may attempt to rescue death genes as hitchhikers or deceivers, but the attempts are unconvincing.

79 The challenge for bio-gerontologists is to flesh out that “reality which is making itself,” not to ignore it. The philosopher Martin Heidegger seems to have reduced this problem to a mere predicament by distinguishing between technology and the essence of technology and between the instrumental and anthropological definitions of Evolution 29 technology. Heidegger begins by arguing that the “instrumental definition of technology is correct . . ” And, he goes on, “Technology is a way of revealing .

Indeed, vital statistics, life tables, mortality tables, life expectancy curves, and survivorship distributions are all built upon a linear model of age. Actuaries make their living predicting longevity as a function of age, and insurance companies thrive by employing age to skew odds toward earnings and profits. Governmental planning takes the age distribution of the population into account, and nonprofit organizations and pharmaceutical companies tailor their products to age-bracketed consumers.

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