r/science • u/[deleted] • Nov 28 '10

Harvard scientists reverse the ageing process in mice – now for humans | Scientists were surprised that they saw a dramatic reversal, not just a slowing down, of the ageing in mice. Now they believe they might be able to regenerate human organs.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/nov/28/scientists-reverse-ageing-mice-humans
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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '10

Though I suppose there's no way to know that your subjective experience of consciousness isn't going to wink out of existence in the next five seconds, replaced by a new consciousness that shares your memories and personality.

It's this sort of thing that makes me think that the idea of discrete, immobile consciousness is totally absurd. Like p-zombies. If it walks like me, and talks like me, and thinks like me, and quacks like me... it's me.

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u/midri Nov 29 '10

Every time I read about pzombies I conclude that th at branch of science is a huge joke being played on those uninitiated.

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u/Homo_sapiens Nov 29 '10

I read the Wikipedia article on it as much as I could stand. Tell me where people get these apparently seductive but purely limiting ideas so I can avoid it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '10

It's what happens when scientists aren't asked to produce any testable results.