On: Ageing is not an inevitable fact of life

[creshal]

> Although, since they will eventually die of energy depletion from growing too large, if they actually stopped growing they might go on ... a lot longer?

If humans stopped ageing they'd go on a lot longer, too. But as long as they can't it's a hypothetical scenario in both cases.

[kaffeemitsahne → creshal]

Maybe it's because I'm not a lobster, but halting growth to keep energy requirements low seems like an easier problem.