/sci/ - Science & Math

>I fucking love science

>I'm particularly interested in expanding people's lifespans
Fucking why? Literally.

If you're sincere, I'd love to see that someone on /sci/ makes a thread and takes up Wildbergers challange in setting up the reals and their field structure - and then we take his criticism apart. It's a challange, in any case.

>>8087716
If you're not interested in a longer lifespan maybe you're interested in one of those lifespan shortening inventions. One of my favorites is called a gun. You should try it out. It will do a pretty good job shortening your lifespan I think.

If you want to increase lifespans why don't you study something like treating neuropathic pain? It's a big topic in my field because there really aren't any good drugs for it and the painkiller mainstays are terribly ineffective at treating long-term neuropathic pain. Pain is by far the most prevalent disease of mankind and causes a gaggle of secondary problems that shorten lifespan (insomnia, stress, etc.).

>>8087732
What kind of pain are we talking about? Because I would consider myself an expert in the field of amputations.

>>8087737
I'm talking about neuropathic pain, which is caused by damaged nerve endings. Commonly seen in diabetic patients, but not just diabetics.

Neuroprotection and neuropathic pain are huge topics in research now because there currently aren't any approved neuroprotectives and very few decent treatments for neuropathy.

>>8087749
So what if we just cut all the nerves off that go to the pain area?

>>8087788
I doubt that would work, and if it does it likely would not be totally effective. This kind of pain is caused by the brains receiver units turning there sensitivity way way up so they are picking up noise from other near by brainular signals and interpreting those signals as pain.

>>8087788
Well, one type of neuropathic pain is phantom pain and basically the damaged nerve endings where they're cut will signal pain to the brain.

Phantom limb pain is actually pretty cool because it involves the homunculus, the neatest part of the brain. Every part of your body is mapped out on a radial section of the brain, and the "larger" (more nociceptive and sensory fibers) parts have a bigger area mapped. Hands and toes have a lot of representation on that region, your heel and elbow have almost none, lips and face a lot, etc. That sort of pain is not very well understood. I don't work with it directly so I only have a glancing idea about it.

>>8087723
don't be angry that no one in their right mind takes life extension tech seriously, it's the last thing 'we' need

everything will be fine when you die, you'll get to do it all over again :D

>>8087788
>So what if we just cut all the nerves off that go to the pain area?
OP confirmed for 10/10 medical professional
I'm sure you are going to advance the human race with your profound knowledge of medicine and science and stuff

you fucking mouthbreathing retard kill yourself

>>8087696
>How to advance science?
>I'm particularly interested in expanding people's lifespans

Take a strong dose of psilo and DMT, you'll find an answer for both

>>8087716
Increasing lifespans: reasons to do it: real life space mining, immortal dwelling, space pirating explorers! Could you imagine....the faces of all the less advanced civilisation?
When they see our maurauding death cruisers?

>>8089751
meme overload: the post

>>8089756
You and me both know life is just a meme~