The truth about 'Living 200 years is even more frightening than death?'

Scientists have proved that immortality will bring unhappiness to our own lives.

Are you a fan of the "Twilight" novel series ? You admire a beautiful fairytale romance between Edward Cullen and Bella Swan? And have you ever dreamed that, one day, I could be immortal and live next to those who love forever?

If you have experienced these things, you will understand how powerful human desire for immortality is. Since ancient times, our ancestors have devised various measures such as sucking blood, practicing knitting . for the purpose of prolonging life.

Today, many scientists are also working day and night to find the magic drug that can help people improve old age, immortality.

So have you ever wondered how your life was when death never came?

From an important finding .

Recently, scientists have discovered one of the most important findings in the animal kingdom when it comes to finding the genetic structure of the Arctic whale to help this animal live for 200 years.

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Arctic whale - the most enduring mammal on Earth

Specifically, scientists in the United Kingdom and the United States have done some research on the genes of the longest living mammals in the world. They created their genetic diagram in the hope that it could provide such a long life for humans.

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Genetic structure is the key of immortality

From there, they discovered that the Arctic whale could live so long because of the special genetic structure in the body. The Arctic whale's genetic genes can heal damaged DNA and counteract cancer-causing mutants.

In addition, the Arctic whale's genome also helps this animal to avoid cardiovascular diseases due to old age.

. to realize the unhappiness of eternal life

Theoretically, if this genetic property is applied to humans, soon the concept of immortality will become too common.

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Life can be very cool, but living too long is a completely different story

At first glance, having such a long life sounds very interesting, because we will have a huge time to enjoy what we like. However, living too long is likely to cause us many problems.

Problems arise in the family

If there is a 200-year-old life, it is understandable that 6.7 generations living in the same house. According to sociologists, it is not the ideal living condition for grandparents who are too high.

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Images like this will be very difficult to appear if people live for centuries

Every time the children and grandchildren visit, they will be extremely tired when they have to manage small children who always run, play, scream. Moreover, the difference in thinking and lifestyle is easy to cause conflicts in the family.

Eternal immortality kills romance in love

Psychologists point out that love should only last for decades, not centuries. They explained that, each day passed, we must look for good stories, interesting surprises for our soulmate if we want only lasting love.

It is inherently not easy and will become more difficult if you have to do it for centuries to live.

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Perhaps, love is only beautiful when we know we will . die

On the other hand, practical issues such as population explosion, social security when retiring . will increase fatigue and stress, leading to a decline in quality of life.

So to have a happy life, psychologists recommend that we be content with half the life of the Arctic whale.

People become lazy and crave . die

Philosophers like Martin Heidegger agree with this view. They think that the time or the risk of death is the driving force for every work in human life today.

If you can live for too long, the brain tends to postpone with the thought that "We have a lot of time ahead to realize the goals!" This has the potential to cause laziness and leave bad consequences.

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There's plenty of time, worry!

And yet, living too long makes people always fall into the status of backwardness, blind information. About 10 years will be the era of information technology boom. The media, machinery and electronic equipment will be increasingly modernized at a dizzying speed.

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The longer you live, the easier it is to "go crazy" with technology

Under such conditions, people who live too long will not have the time and speed to adapt to the situation. As a result, they always live in inferiority complex about their own abilities. Saying no more if you think that such a life may be even more unhappy than death.

* The article is based on the views of Olivia Goldhill published in the Telegraph.

Reference: Telegraph.