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		run4yourlives on Feb 5, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why We Need a War on Aging If your statement was true, death wouldn't be so wide spread. Clearly, evolution is very opinionated on the matter.

Jebdm on Feb 5, 2009 [–]

No; the default is decay (as we see from the second law of thermodynamics), and we would have to explicitly inhibit decay in order to stop death. There is no evolutionary incentive to stop death due to aging.

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