New causes of senescence in the future
- From: Tim Tyler <seemysig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:51:07 -0500 (EST)
Senescence seems likely to have some
new causes in the future, in /addition/
to antagonistic pleiotropy, reliability
theory, disposable soma, etc - namely:
* Technological obsolescence;
* Protocol churn;
* Going out of fashion.
I have an essay on this subject, and
its implications:
http://alife.co.uk/essays/obsolescence/
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