Re: Why are we allowed to age?
Robin Hanson (hanson@hss.caltech.edu)
Thu, 12 Jun 1997 09:41:21 -0700 (PDT)
Hal Finney writes:
>Is it just that the genes can't do any better, that despite their best
>efforts, errors and waste accumulate and the cells just don't work
>as well? Why then are egg cells kept so fresh and clean generation
>after generation?
Maybe its very expensive to keep stuff this clean. Its worth doing
for a few eggs, but not for the whole body?
Robin D. Hanson hanson@hss.caltech.edu http://hss.caltech.edu/~hanson/