Double Standard: Anti-aging & Accelerated Pregnancies
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Re: Double Standard: Anti-aging & Accelerated Pregnancies
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> It could be intended. I think the author thought the babies would grow
> faster given their parents being much healthier than they would be in the
> outside world.
>
> For the point about anti-aging, the growth hormones simply grow your bones
> and muscles, thus improving their strength. The doctor, Petrowski, says
> that he 'feels' ten years younger. There's no direct claim by the author as
> to whether the residents of Zona are not aging. Great observation though!
Good catch that the author doesn’t outright say Zona is anti-aging. I guess you just have to assume the increased health speeds up the cell development process. If the fetus is growing at an accelerated rate, the human body would have to birth it before it grew too big to be pushed out.
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I agree. Inside the womb the development of the child is not technically aging. Aging is caused by the slowing down or dying of cells whereas development is caused by accelerated growth or multiplication of cells. Therefore, I don't think the two are contradictory.Haywhyre7 wrote: ↑01 Aug 2020, 15:23 I observed this too and it struck me as odd as well... I don't think it was intended by the author though. I feel the hormones improved their strength and didn't necessarily prevent then from ageing so I think the accelerated pregnancies is based on their increased health and strength
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