104 Year Old Progerian Passes Away

[Dryson]

Hayley Okines, Beloved Teenager Trapped In 104-Year-Old Body, Passes Away At 17

https://www.yahoo.com/health/hayley-okines-beloved-teenager-trapped-in-104-115400906402.html


Hayley passed away at the age of 17 but had a body of a 104 year old.

This means that for every year that Hayley was alive she aged 6.11764 years.

Perhaps Hayley and those like her are not from Earth and come from a different part of the Universe where gravity causes their DNA to age differently but when on Earth their aging increases dramatically.

If Progeria's disease is able to rapidly increase the age of the person then if we able to control it and fuse it with our own DNA would be able to activate it at later times in life to slow the aging process or reverse the aging process. If a process exists that dramatically increases the aging process then a process will exist that slows and even reverses the aging process.

 

[Gov Kodos]

No.

 

[Kemaiku]

It's a biological disorder, those are bad enough, no need to invent such ridiculous nonsense around it.

 

[scotthm]

Perhaps Hayley and those like her are not from Earth and come from a different part of the Universe where gravity causes their DNA to age differently but when on Earth their aging increases dramatically.

A perfectly reasonable hypothesis. We know that time passes more quickly in a weaker gravitational field than a stronger one, so it stands to reason that people with this "illness" likely originate from a region with a much higher gravitational potential.

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[Metryq]

Perhaps Hayley and those like her are not from Earth and come from a different part of the Universe where gravity causes their DNA to age differently but when on Earth their aging increases dramatically.

A perfectly reasonable hypothesis.

No, it's not a perfectly reasonable hypothesis. Dryson is suggesting that someone human in every detail is really an extraterrestrial from an extremely high gravity planet. If that were the case—assuming such total similarity in life forms, which is an awfully big "what if"—why was Hayley not stocky and structured for such a high gravity planet?

Perhaps you're suggesting that her mother is an ET, too, in which case why didn't she age as quickly? Or perhaps Hayley was an ET adopted by human parents? Perhaps all the people who die in car accidents are ETs, as well, who come from more advanced planets with self-driving cars. Earth's primitive, manually operated cars are just too much for them, so they get into accidents. (Kirk was lucky.) They're also the ones secretly pushing projects like the self-driving Google car from behind the scenes. It's a perfectly reasonable hypothesis. /s

 

[Mage]

I'm sorry, but right now a family is grieving the passing of their 17 year old child, grandchild, sister, niece.....

And you're starting to talk about how aliens might have to do something with this young woman's struggle? I find that bad form.

 

[Mary Ann]

I'm sorry, but right now a family is grieving the passing of their 17 year old child, grandchild, sister, niece.....

And you're starting to talk about how aliens might have to do something with this young woman's struggle? I find that bad form.

Agreed. This thread is in bad taste. From an objective point of view it also has nothing to do with this forum due to the ridiculous "aliens" link.

Dryson, you're lucky to get away without an infraction for posting such a tasteless OP, but this is your final warning for posting such unsubstantiated, tasteless nonsense. Any more threads started by you containing nothing but alien speculation without reputable scientific sources (yes, plural) to back up your claims will put you into trolling territory, and infractions will be given. Thread closed.Comments to PM.