Why Do We Die?

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As we all know all organisms including humans age and die. Their cells are programmed to reproduce a approx set number of times and cells deteriorate in the aging process. If organisms lived forever, and reproduce, they would overrun their environment. That makes sense. But if somantic cells are programmed to reproduce approx 60 times during a person's life time, the question is why? What determines this number? Why not 30 times or 120 times? I'm gonna look for some good links... the answers to everything. ;)

I'll be disappointed if someone does not cite God as the answer, but then we'd have to ask God why it chose as it did, and we really don't get any clear, concise, straight forawrd answers from God now do we. :p
 
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its determined by chance? everyone lives to different ages, if someone has died unnaturally then you wouldn't know how long they could have lived for. If someone dies due to health things which are unavoidable, then its by chance. Theres no way to control or determine it
 
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Minor Axis said:
As we all know all organisms including humans age and die. Their cells are programmed to reproduce a approx set number of times and cells deteriorate in the aging process. If organisms lived forever, and reproduce, they would overrun their environment. That makes sense. But if somantic cells are programmed to reproduce approx 60 times during a person's life time, the question is why? What determines this number? Why not 30 times or 120 times? I'm gonna look for some good links... the answers to everything. ;)

I'll be disappointed if someone does not cite God as the answer, but then we'd have to ask God why it chose as it did, and we really don't get any clear, concise, straight forawrd answers from God now do we. :p
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Environment and gene pool would seem to be the easy answers. We inherit health tendencies and then if some environmental factor plays in, like smoking, it works against the congenital outcome we were dealt upon conception.

That's my short answer anyway.
 
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Somatic cells are unique in the sense that they can regenerate for a long time, but the support structure that is needed to 'nourish' somatic cells runs out over time.
 
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Minor Axis said:
As we all know all organisms including humans age and die. Their cells are programmed to reproduce a approx set number of times and cells deteriorate in the aging process. If organisms lived forever, and reproduce, they would overrun their environment. That makes sense. But if somantic cells are programmed to reproduce approx 60 times during a person's life time, the question is why? What determines this number? Why not 30 times or 120 times? I'm gonna look for some good links... the answers to everything. ;)

I'll be disappointed if someone does not cite God as the answer, but then we'd have to ask God why it chose as it did, and we really don't get any clear, concise, straight forawrd answers from God now do we. :p
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God.

:surrender

And He did it so He could call it an "after life" :ninja

or She. :24:
 
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we die becuase we are imperfect creatures surrounded by other imperfect creatures living in an imperfect world, and we all know from experience that things done incorrectly are doomed to failure in some way shape or form. all we can do is the best we can with what we have so there is actually no point in being concerned/consumed by our own immanent demise
 
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Rhipunzel said:
^ i agree.

I mean why bother trying to figure it all out?
I'd rather live than ask why i am living.
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I don't know if science will be able to figure out why, but scientists seem to be working hard to circumvent the limitation as discussed in another thread in this forum.
 
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As you grow your body continually replicates itself & over a long period of time small errors are made in that replication. This is part of what causes aging, because we also live in an extremely toxic environment & that also introduces poisons & diseases into our system through the air we breath & the food we eat. Lastly there is the effects of living life itself, movement causes wear in all the joints, gravity slowly strains our bodies.
 
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As you grow your body continually replicates itself & over a long period of time small errors are made in that replication. This is part of what causes aging, because we also live in an extremely toxic environment & that also introduces poisons & diseases into our system through the air we breath & the food we eat. Lastly there is the effects of living life itself, movement causes wear in all the joints, gravity slowly strains our bodies.
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Is it errors in replication or is it a predetermined code that determines more or less set number of replications? From you statement it could be inferred if errors could be eliminated through science, we would no longer age?

Personally I'm looking forward to the time when we evolve into a pure energy state (Transfigurations). course I don't plan on being around to enjoy it, but... ya never know now do you? ;)
 
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