Dementia/alzheimers/etc is one of the scariest things i can imagine. I'm not sure i would want to live if i had the later stages of that, or if you can even call that living.
Body of a 90 year old mind of a 30 year old is something i would take, though.
If death is ever preferable to life you can always kill yourself. Having the option to live or die is strictly better than having no option.
My point regarding having the brain of the 90 year old is not that that would be good, but that it would be better than having the brain and body of a 90 year old. I don't want to be frail and prone to injury if I could be healthy and strong.
You could kill yourself before it advanced that far or set a living will. You'd possibly need to move to a country that would be willing to euthanize you - but you could do it.
My mother and grandmother both had it. While I certainly wish to avoid that end, if I get to have the body of a 30 year old from now until 80 and then follow in their footsteps, that’s still an improvement on the gradual physical decline which preceded their mental decline.
Basically I’d take either hypothetical form of treatment. Either is better then neither.
>Dementia/alzheimers/etc is one of the scariest things i can imagine. I'm not sure i would want to live if i had the later stages of that, or if you can even call that living.
ok but it is not a 100% case that the mind of a 90 year old is the mind of an Alzheimer's patient. Michael Caine is 88 and I think he is doing relatively well mentally.
Body of a 90 year old mind of a 30 year old is something i would take, though.