Scientist on 60 minutes said humans could live to be 5,000. [View All]

Yes, he said 5,000, not 500. Apparently through some genetic tinkering etc., man could one day (he estimated as early as in the next 25 years) live in a healthy body for 1,000 to 5,000 years.

If you could take a pill today that would allow you to live that long, would you? My husband and I have been discussing this since the show ended, and my take on that is this: Even if such a thing were possible physically (and I don't buy it), I don't think humans could deal with that emotionally. I mean, I've raised my kids. Would I want to start over and raise a few dozen more families? Do I want to work for the next 5,000 years? Because I would still have to pay the bills. All I could think of was the Vampire Lestat series, where the vampires were often just plain tired of living.