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Aging may be a program, not a breakdown

83 points · 88 comments · elo2000

  1. irdc · · focus · HN ↗
    Aging could very well be a program to deal with the breakdown.
    1. asdff · · focus · HN ↗
      It very much is. We have a term for cells that escape immune surveillance to cull them off when they are broken: cancer cells.
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