16 year old baby 'could unlock secrets of ageing process'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1275998/Teenage-girl-trapped-toddlers-body-unlock-secrets-ageing-process.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Amazing :shock:

It maybe is because I am sleep deprived but the thread title blew my mind.

So...shes legal?

[spoiler] I am actually disgusted with myself for this post [/spoiler]

It maybe is because I am sleep deprived but the thread title blew my mind.

muller39

dude, reading the article blew my mind :shock:

the teenager really does look exactly like a small child still...that's so strange. Hope they can learn something from her.

First when i read the title i was like "What lol?" , now iv read the article and i was like " ooo "

@Big_Bad_Sad:

I don't think she has the brain power to consent man...:?

I wouldn't mind stopping my aging process in my prime;) But seriously, I probably wouldn't.

I am actually disgusted with myself for this post

Big_Bad_Sad

shine on you crazy diamond :3

@Big_Bad_Sad:

I don't think she has the brain power to consent man...:?

Sparticus247

Syndrome X.. Sounds like a band or a movie :P

Btw can she die of old age?

'Just possibly it could give us an opportunity to answer the question of why we are mortal.'

This sounds dangerous :P

But seriously, wow :shock:

This is the second such person I have heard of with this affliction.
-I hope that they try and help her lead as good a life as possible, but the realist in me sees her being viewed more as a lab rat than a person.
-though I have to admit that I find it fascinating

So...shes legal?

Big_Bad_Sad

Oh, wow, I'd so rather be dead then in her condition..

Me not like how they said laboratory animals at the end. Despicable...

I don't understand the fascination with wanting to live forever. Unless they make is so you don't have to WORK for all eternity and they'd have to immediately halt all births including buns that are already in the oven.

That would a make a good plot of a sci-fi movie.

This is the second such person I have heard of with this affliction.
-I hope that they try and help her lead as good a life as possible, but the realist in me sees her being viewed more as a lab rat than a person.
-though I have to admit that I find it fascinating

rawsavon

[QUOTE="rawsavon"]

This is the second such person I have heard of with this affliction.
-I hope that they try and help her lead as good a life as possible, but the realist in me sees her being viewed more as a lab rat than a person.
-though I have to admit that I find it fascinating

clayron

Yes probably, but if this one girl hold the key to longer human life, well... we need her.

[QUOTE="rawsavon"]

This is the second such person I have heard of with this affliction.
-I hope that they try and help her lead as good a life as possible, but the realist in me sees her being viewed more as a lab rat than a person.
-though I have to admit that I find it fascinating

clayron

I wonder where she is at mentally...how bad would it suck to have a sound mind and have your body betray you.
I feel so bad for people in those situations.

Honestly, I hope that she thinks like a baby and is oblivious to what is going on

Me not like how they said laboratory animals at the end. Despicable...

xWoW_Rougex

So...shes legal?

Big_Bad_Sad

Wow. My cat weighs more than her and is 14 years her junior.

What I personally don't get is the obsession with preventing aging. :?

What I personally don't get is the obsession with preventing aging. :?

foxhound_fox

What I personally don't get is the obsession with preventing aging. :?

foxhound_fox

Personally, I would love to live for a VERY long time (though not forever) and be able to go to school and learn about everything I ever dreamt about learning.
-I would also love to see the world change over that period of time...i find societal changes to be fascinating

Very wild, so she'll end up being a science experiment basically.

Very wild, so she'll end up being a science experiment basically.

jer_1

Would you rather look young or look old?

racer8dan

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]

What I personally don't get is the obsession with preventing aging. :?

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]

What I personally don't get is the obsession with preventing aging. :?

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]

What I personally don't get is the obsession with preventing aging. :?

rawsavon

Personally, I would love to live for a VERY long time (though not forever) and be able to go to school and learn about everything I ever dreamt about learning.
-I would also love to see the world change over that period of time...i find societal changes to be fascinating

indeed, imagine living like an asari. You spend your first 300 years just learning and being a kid and teenager and partying and finding yourself, you spend the second 300 years having a lot of sex with interesting people and working on your career, and you spend the last few hundred years just sitting on your front porch giving advice to people and yelling at noisy cars saying "Take off 'dat damn muffla you ragamuffin! Your car sounds like an angry bee rabble rabble!"

[QUOTE="racer8dan"]Would you rather look young or look old?

foxhound_fox

Not all of it is about vanity though. Old people just can't do some of the same things young people can.rawsavon

[QUOTE="rawsavon"]Not all of it is about vanity though. Old people just can't do some of the same things young people can.foxhound_fox

my dad is into his 70s, he was never exactly a fit guy (dont think he ever went to the gym) but, you know...he plays golf two or three times a week. He still walks upright and doesnt act physically old.

It just goes to show you how little activity is really needed to still stay active in your senior years. You gotta be really lazy or unfortunate to be one of those old farts on a scooter.

[QUOTE="rawsavon"]

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]

What I personally don't get is the obsession with preventing aging. :?

mrbojangles25

Personally, I would love to live for a VERY long time (though not forever) and be able to go to school and learn about everything I ever dreamt about learning.
-I would also love to see the world change over that period of time...i find societal changes to be fascinating

indeed, imagine living like an asari. You spend your first 300 years just learning and being a kid and teenager and partying and finding yourself, you spend the second 300 years having a lot of sex with interesting people and working on your career, and you spend the last few hundred years just sitting on your front porch giving advice to people and yelling at noisy cars saying "Take off 'dat damn muffla you ragamuffin! Your car sounds like an angry bee rabble rabble!"

That is the most perfect scenario yet devised on GS...my hat goes off to you good sir

[QUOTE="rawsavon"]Not all of it is about vanity though. Old people just can't do some of the same things young people can.foxhound_fox

I do not think there will be any way that I will be able to run like I run now and lift what I lift now at 80 years old
-I do those things (get up at 4 am) b/c I love doing them...it will be a great loss to me when I am no longer able to do them at this level
-like not being to learn and study as I do now

Watching Betty White on SNL was quite sad for me.

I do not fear death...I dread growing old

[QUOTE="rawsavon"]Not all of it is about vanity though. Old people just can't do some of the same things young people can.foxhound_fox

Yeah I'm pretty sure that's a disease or genetic malfunction not a good thing.aRE-you-AFraid

I keep thinking that, if she's not aging, maybe she won't die (at least from old age).jalexbrown

I'm fairly sure lobsters don't age (physically) as well.

Found a link to where I read that...

http://animals.howstuffworks.com/marine-life/400-pound-lobster.htm

I'm fairly sure lobsters don't age (physically) as well.

Found a link to where I read that...

http://animals.howstuffworks.com/marine-life/400-pound-lobster.htm