The Powder Toy

Achieving Immortality by VIP84

VIP84
VIP84
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30th Apr 2018
30th Apr 2018
a jellyfish species which is eventually going to become immortal throughout millennia of biological evolution
jellyfish deepsea immortality immortal antialiasing underwater flare sting light glow

Comments

  • Technomancer
    Technomancer     2nd May 2018
    Off the top of my head, a virus created from a human's DNA, sampled when they were young and engineered to replace the DNA of the host cell but NOT hijack cells, is not beyond the realms of possibility. Engineer it in such a way that single viruses cannot survive long enough to spread from one host to another, and such that only undifferentiated stem cells can be used to create more viruses. Then inject them along with the virus itself.
  • Technomancer
    Technomancer     2nd May 2018
    ...(B) tiny errors accumulate and eventually result in mutations that make the tissue non-viable. An organism with a more stable (read: perfectly stable) genome, or with a means - either inherent or external - to correct the cumulative genetic flaws, could certainly live forever. I'd confidently speculate that within two centuries, aging will effectively be optional for humans.
  • Technomancer
    Technomancer     2nd May 2018
    Biological immortality is a definite possibility. Google 'Henrietta Lacks'. Since cancer cells are simply mutated humn cells, it's clear that human (or other) tissue CAN survive indefinitely. The limiting factors are that (A) no known organism can naturally regenerate brain tissue (though this has recently been accomplished experimentally) and...
  • Xenarchus89
    Xenarchus89     2nd May 2018
    Lol im reading through these comments and theres a lot of physics people are blabbering about....all true, but guys. We are dealing with life, and on a cellular, material level. Time doesn't isnt the problem, nor is quantum mechanics. Matter can stay together in the same form forever.
  • Xenarchus89
    Xenarchus89     2nd May 2018
    @Nurgle33 and @987tails these are both sorta true but these theories have nothing to do with this save. We are discussing life on a cell level. Cells can be immortal, its possible.
  • Xenarchus89
    Xenarchus89     2nd May 2018
    @Nurgle although you are right, this has nothing to do with this save or jellyfish...
  • Admiral_Awesome
    Admiral_Awesome     2nd May 2018
    Jellyfish have no brain, and both eat and excrete from one end. But +1.
  • powderskye
    powderskye     1st May 2018
    wow +1
  • Krakonkillr
    Krakonkillr     1st May 2018
    That is indeed one jelly boi
  • R33sesK1ng
    R33sesK1ng     1st May 2018
    anyways, back to the art... XD