You Don’t Want to Live Forever

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The idea of immortality has long been a prominent fixture in storytelling, and serves as a much sought after goal even here in real life. The ability to live forever, free of the limitations of the human body's natural life cycle, seems like a logical aspiration, but do you really want to live forever? Kyle takes a closer look at the prospect of cheating death, and its real world implications in this week's Because Science! More science: http://nerdist.com/topic/science-tech/ Watch more Because Science: http://nerdi.st/BecSci Follow Kyle Hill: https://twitter.com/Sci_Phile Follow us on FB: https://www.facebook.com/BecauseScience Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/becausescience Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/becausescience Follow Nerdist: https://twitter.com/Nerdist Because Science every Thursday. Learn More: AGEING: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ageing#Biological_basis POLSTATS DEATH BY UNNATURAL CAUSES: http://polstats.com/#!/life LIFE EXPECTANCY OVER LAST 200 YEARS: https://www.nature.com/scitable/content/life-expectancy-around-the-world-has-increased-19786 CAN MY BRAIN GET TOO FULL? https://www.wired.com/2015/06/can-my-brain-get-too-full/ HYDRA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydra_(genus) CELLULAR SENESCENCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_senescence BRAIN MEMORY CAPACITY: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-the-memory-capacity/