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Very interesting idea. Did you come up with it yourself? Would you know how difficult it would be to do right now?



> Did you come up with it yourself?

Yes, although I assume others somewhere must be thinking similarly. It seems self evident to me.

I post this idea on HN every now and then when I see the subjects of cancer, aging, or death come up.

> Would you know how difficult it would be to do right now?

Incredibly difficult. This is an Apollo project.

You'd need egg donors, good embryo yields, a protocol that sustains life throughout development, womb surrogates, decephalization that doesn't kill, life support systems at every stage, birthing, machines to keep them alive after birth, ...

Once you've worked out the kinks though, this thing prints money. But that's not what's exciting to me - this gets us one step closer to ending death.

I don't think we've taken a single step in that direction yet, so it'd be nice to finally get started.


Well, you’ve convinced me! Unfortunately I’m no one important.

I’m surprised this isn’t talked about more. Maybe because the subject feels icky to people. Best of luck in spreading the word.


It is not clear to me, why 'we' want or should end death. Could you elaborate on that?


What? Are you volunteering? No? Why not? There you find your answer.




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