• fubo@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    121
    ·
    1 年前

    Many people who die “of old age” have an utterly miserable time of it at the end, sometimes for months or years. Medical treatment to keep a person alive when they’ve already lost their faculties irrecoverably can be incredibly cruel.

    There’s a reason that longevity research focuses on prolonging healthy life, not just prolonging life processes.

    • Doxin@yiffit.net
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      16
      ·
      1 年前

      There’s no such thing as dying of old age. Just dying of something where you’re old enough where people go “yeah that tracks” instead of “oh no! so young!”.