Memento Mori
I cannot but smile every time I see @ironwill1951 post here: “You’re going to get old taking hgh or peptides will not make a lot of difference. There is no fountain of youth.”
Memento Mori (Remember that you have to die). Soo simple and yet unavoidable. The purpose (or lack of thereof, depends of point of view) of life… And then – “You're going to die. I'm going to die. We're all going to die. Just not today” - Lt. Alex Hopper in the movie Battleship.
How one defines “Getting old”? Is it the year we were born? For AARP – definitely. Just a few years ago, my mailbox was full of credit card and refinancing offers (expression of confidence there are still money to be made from my existence.) Today I am attacked by AARP, Term Life insurance and Funeral Advantage Programs. For fuck sake, I got offer to buy a grave space yesterday. I am like – motherfucker, come see me in person and tell me - do I look like someone that needs this right now? And then again… Memento Mori.
When comes to origins of life, I am somewhere in the middle between Evolution and Creationism. I mean, human body is nearly perfect mechanism, a machine in which every piece has a purpose and is irrevocable part of the whole. Random chain of events does not create perfection. Have you read this expression – “It is like if twister passes through a jet planes junk yard and assembles Boing 787 from scattered parts”? But then again, until I see the Creator (here and now, not in alleged afterlife), I have to live with the Evolution theory…
Boys have a penis, girls have a vagina (Joseph, Kindergarten Cop)
That’s about it, in early stages. Later on, we’re thought “man secrets Testosterone, Women – Estrogens). Only “advanced” education explains “regulation mechanisms” – when Testosterone levels circulating in the bloodstream falls under certain level, anterior pituitary will secrete LH and FSH, which in turn stimulates gonads (in testes) to “make” Testosterone. Once T levels reach certain levels, LH and FSH release is suppressed, causing gonads to stop releasing Testosterone.
Now, how beautiful is that?!? I am personally in awe from this simplicity and perfection.
There are countless (scientifically proven) examples of up/down regulation mechanisms and principals our body utilizes. Why the hell we don’t live forever then, we might ask.
Take a Ferrari for example. A perfection in functionality encased in beautiful body. You press the accelerator, more fuel gets in to the cylinders (upregulating the fuel intake), wheels are turning faster, speed increases. Depress the accelerator, less fuel is supplied (downregulation), speed decreases. Again, simple yet genius. But (always but, isn’t it), the combustion (an explosion essentially) causes the cylinders to wear off with the time. A responsible (and knowledgeable) owner would listen for the signs of “tear and wear” and take the car to the shop to restore the functionality as close as possible to the “original design”. The final destination of every car ultimately is the junk yard, just that some gets there earlier than other.
If one accepts the notion that human body is a “mechanism”, why would not the same “restore as close as possible for as long as possible” principal be applied?
I cannot but smile every time I see @ironwill1951 post here: “You’re going to get old taking hgh or peptides will not make a lot of difference. There is no fountain of youth.”
Memento Mori (Remember that you have to die). Soo simple and yet unavoidable. The purpose (or lack of thereof, depends of point of view) of life… And then – “You're going to die. I'm going to die. We're all going to die. Just not today” - Lt. Alex Hopper in the movie Battleship.
How one defines “Getting old”? Is it the year we were born? For AARP – definitely. Just a few years ago, my mailbox was full of credit card and refinancing offers (expression of confidence there are still money to be made from my existence.) Today I am attacked by AARP, Term Life insurance and Funeral Advantage Programs. For fuck sake, I got offer to buy a grave space yesterday. I am like – motherfucker, come see me in person and tell me - do I look like someone that needs this right now? And then again… Memento Mori.
When comes to origins of life, I am somewhere in the middle between Evolution and Creationism. I mean, human body is nearly perfect mechanism, a machine in which every piece has a purpose and is irrevocable part of the whole. Random chain of events does not create perfection. Have you read this expression – “It is like if twister passes through a jet planes junk yard and assembles Boing 787 from scattered parts”? But then again, until I see the Creator (here and now, not in alleged afterlife), I have to live with the Evolution theory…
Boys have a penis, girls have a vagina (Joseph, Kindergarten Cop)
That’s about it, in early stages. Later on, we’re thought “man secrets Testosterone, Women – Estrogens). Only “advanced” education explains “regulation mechanisms” – when Testosterone levels circulating in the bloodstream falls under certain level, anterior pituitary will secrete LH and FSH, which in turn stimulates gonads (in testes) to “make” Testosterone. Once T levels reach certain levels, LH and FSH release is suppressed, causing gonads to stop releasing Testosterone.
Now, how beautiful is that?!? I am personally in awe from this simplicity and perfection.
There are countless (scientifically proven) examples of up/down regulation mechanisms and principals our body utilizes. Why the hell we don’t live forever then, we might ask.
Take a Ferrari for example. A perfection in functionality encased in beautiful body. You press the accelerator, more fuel gets in to the cylinders (upregulating the fuel intake), wheels are turning faster, speed increases. Depress the accelerator, less fuel is supplied (downregulation), speed decreases. Again, simple yet genius. But (always but, isn’t it), the combustion (an explosion essentially) causes the cylinders to wear off with the time. A responsible (and knowledgeable) owner would listen for the signs of “tear and wear” and take the car to the shop to restore the functionality as close as possible to the “original design”. The final destination of every car ultimately is the junk yard, just that some gets there earlier than other.
If one accepts the notion that human body is a “mechanism”, why would not the same “restore as close as possible for as long as possible” principal be applied?
