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    Throughout ancient and modern times, people's pursuit of immortality has never diminished. From emperors and ministers to beggars, they are all pursuing immortality.  In history, there are countless examples of emperors¡¯ pursuit of immortality that led to the defeat of their country, or the country¡¯s violent turmoil. So why did these emperors pursue immortality so crazily?  The answer is very simple, that is, as long as you become the emperor, you can enjoy everything in the world, and of course, I hope you can continue to enjoy it.  The emperor can enjoy all treasures and wealth.  There are not enough delicacies to eat, and there are not enough silks and silks to wear.  The emperor can collect all the beauties from the world and bring them all into the harem. Thousands of beauties can be owned by one person.  The emperor has the power of life and death. He has the power of rewards. He also has the power of demoting and killing people.  There is no supervision and no restrictions (one can only rely on the emperor's self-restraint).  Giving orders, calling for wind and rain, getting whatever you want, how majestic and proud it is!  Days like this are hard to compare even to gods!  No wonder emperors want to live longer.  Who would be the emperor instead, would it be weird not to think so?  !  Among these emperors, the most famous one is Qin Shihuang.  One day in July 210 BC, the setting sun was like blood and the dusk crows were flying around.  A line of carriages and horses galloped on the ancient road leading to Xianyang.  One of the carriages has a very special shape, with a single shaft and two wheels, one crossbar and two bridles, and four horses driving it. The carriage is in a convex shape, surrounded by painted railings, and the colors are gorgeous under the sunset.  The charioteer, wearing a robe and a small crown, knelt in front of the carriage with a serious expression, whipping the horses in front of him.  These four horses have thin waists and broad arms.  Muscles bulge, head raised and ears erect.  Driven by the charioteer's haste, he ran wildly.  Although the car is luxuriously decorated, the galloping horses and the driver's nervous expression are still there.  There's something weird about them all.  Especially when the warm evening breeze blows, the dizzying stench constantly overflows from the carriage, making people wonder what is actually inside the carriage.  Indeed, what was loaded in the carriage was not a living person, but the body of Qin Shihuang, the emperor of the ages.  Qin Shihuang was born in Handan, the capital of Zhao State, in the first month of 259 BC. He succeeded to the throne of Qin at the age of thirteen.  With extraordinary courage, he destroyed the six kingdoms of Han, Zhao, Wei, Chu, Yan, and Qi, ending the situation in which the feudal princes had been divided and dominated since the Spring and Autumn Period, and unified China.  And calls himself "Emperor".  After achieving unification, Qin Shihuang implemented a centralized system of power at the central level and a system of prefectures and counties at the local level. He also unified writing, currency, and scales, built the Great Wall, and established a unified, centralized feudal country.  ??It was such a talented and ambitious feudal emperor who was intoxicated in the activities of searching for immortals and wanted to become an immortal immortal.  In 219 BC, Qin Shihuang visited the East.  This is his second tour.  After arriving at Langya.  Xu Fu and others from Qi wrote to Qin Shihuang, saying that there are three fairy mountains on the sea, Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingshan. There are immortals on the mountains, and they can get the medicine of immortality from them.  Qin Shihuang was very happy to hear this.  At Xu Fu's request, he sent thousands of boys and girls into the sea to seek the elixir of immortality.  Qin Shihuang waited there anxiously for Xu Fu to come back after asking for the elixir of immortality. A long time passed.  Xu Fu just came back.  He deceived Qin Shihuang and said: "I saw the immortal in the sea. He said to me: 'Are you the envoy sent by the Western Emperor?' I said: 'Yes.' He asked me: 'What are your requirements for coming this time?'  ¡¯ I said, ¡®I came here to get the medicine of immortality. ¡¯ He said, ¡®Your emperor¡¯s gift is too meager to be seen. ¡¯ I followed the immortal to Penglai Mountain.  In the palace, there was a messenger who looked like a dragon, his skin was the color of bronze, and his light shone in the sky. I asked the gods what gifts they should give, and he said: "Send three thousand boys and girls with a large amount of grain, seeds and  With hundreds of workers and technicians, you can get the elixir of immortality." After hearing this, Qin Shihuang was very happy and immediately decided to send 3,000 boys and girls with a large amount of grain and seeds, accompanied by hundreds of workers and technicians.  Qin Shihuang waited full of hope for Xu Fu to return from asking for medicine, but after waiting for three months, there was still no sign of Xu Fu, so he had to return to the capital.  But Qin Shihuang¡¯s desire to seek immortality never died.  In 215 BC, he traveled east again.  After arriving at Jieshi, Lu Sheng, an alchemist from Yan State, boasted in front of Qin Shihuang about seeking immortality and learning Taoism.  Qin Shi Huang was eager to seek immortality, so he sent Lu Sheng to find the two legendary immortals Xianmen and Gao Shi. He then ordered Han Zhong, Hou Gong, and Shi Sheng to search for the elixir of immortality.  Qin Shihuang was eager to see through it, and then he got Lu Sheng's reward.  He made up many mythical stories, and then took out a fairy book.  Qin Shihuang saw the sentence "Hu Ye was the one who destroyed Qin" and believed it to be true, so he ordered Meng Tian to lead an army of 300,000 to attack the Xiongnu northward.  Of course, the real reason why Qin Shihuang conquered the Xiongnu was not this.  In 212 BC, Lu Sheng made up another story:He told Qin Shihuang a beautiful story.  He said: "Looking for Ganoderma lucidum, miraculous medicines and gods, we often fail to find them. The reason is that there are harmful things in nature. According to the magic of gods and gods, the emperor, as the master of human beings, has to walk slightly to avoid evil spirits, and then the real person will come. If  If people know the emperor's residence, it will be harmful to the real person. The so-called real person is a god. Human fire does not burn, human water does not wet, and he can fly as long as the heaven and the earth. Now the emperor can't live in peace.  I request that the emperor¡¯s residence not be known to anyone, so that he can find the elixir of immortality.¡± Lu Sheng¡¯s words were simply absurd. The purpose was to excuse his failure to find the elixir, but Qin Shihuang actually believed it and was excited.  Said: "I admire Zhenren very much. From now on, I call myself 'Zhenren' and not 'I'." In order to make his residence unknown as Lu Sheng said, Qin Shihuang ordered a 200-mile area near Xianyang.  Within the palace, complex roads and corridors were built among the 270 palaces that had been built, and each palace was ordered to set up curtains, bells and drums to house the concubines.  He moved around in various palaces to avoid being spotted.  If anyone tells where he lives, he is immediately put to death.  Qin Shihuang went to Liangshan Palace and saw the prime minister¡¯s many chariots and cavalry from the mountain, and felt very unhappy.  Later, someone told the Prime Minister about this situation, and the Prime Minister automatically reduced his riding.  After Qin Shihuang learned about this.  It was determined that the palace attendant had leaked his words, and an interrogation was held.  But no one confessed.  In a rage, he executed everyone who was around him at the time.     so.  No one knows the whereabouts of Qin Shihuang anymore, and can only hear the rumble of cars every day. His residence has become as mysterious as a god.  Since Qin Shihuang was a full-time jailer and used punishment and death as a threat, Hou Sheng and Lu Sheng discussed with each other and decided that it was not worth looking for the elixir of immortality for such a person, so they ran away together.  When Qin Shihuang heard about it, he was very angry and said: "The year before last, I burned all the useless books in the world and recruited many literary and magical people. I wanted to rely on them to govern the country, find elixirs, and bring peace to the world. Now I'm looking for  The desire for the elixir was gone forever. Xu Fu and others spent a lot of money but never got the elixir. They only said some innocuous words, "Lu Sheng, I treated him well, but now he is slandering me and making me worse."  The reputation of being unkind. I sent people to investigate the people in Luoyang and found out that some people were specifically making rumors to confuse the people. " So Qin Shihuang sent people to interrogate the people.  These people cannot bear the pain of flesh and blood.  Expose each other to exonerate yourself.  In anger, Qin Shihuang personally identified more than 460 of these Confucian scholars and buried them alive for "the crime of evil talk" and "the crime of defamation".  This is a famous trick in history.  Soon Hou Sheng came back.  After Qin Shihuang heard about it, he sent people to capture Hou Sheng.  Prepare to tear him apart.  Unexpectedly, Hou Sheng said some loyal words: "Yu set up the tree of slander in order to understand his faults through this method. Now your majesty is arrogant and extravagant, causing the people to betray their original principles. But your majesty does not know, but instead  Those who were dissatisfied thought that they were slandering the court. In this case, they had to leave. I thought that your majesty's debauchery had exceeded that of Jie and Zhou, and I was worried that your majesty would be in danger of subjugating the country.  " Qin Shihuang was silent for a long time, and then asked: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Hou Sheng replied leisurely: "At that time, His Majesty was stubborn and thought that his achievements were greater than those of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. He was worried that it would be useless and he would seek death instead, so he ran away.  I came back now to give advice to Your Majesty. Even if I can't save Your Majesty from the country's destruction, I still want to let Your Majesty know the reasons for the country's destruction. "Qin Shihuang asked: "Can I survive through reforms?"  Hou Sheng said: "The situation has developed to this point, and your Majesty has no choice but to sit back and wait for death. If your Majesty wants to survive through reforms, he can be like Yao and Shun, who regard living a simple life as a kind of happiness and slander.  Are your people considered loyal ministers? If we don¡¯t fundamentally change like this, there is no hope at all.¡± Hou Sheng came back this time, perhaps because Qin Shihuang was searching closely and had nowhere to hide, but his words were to the point.  Qin Shihuang sighed, but instead of punishing him, he released him.  Hou Sheng¡¯s direct remonstrance actually had no effect.  In October 210 BC, Qin Shihuang, who had not yet extinguished his desire to seek immortality, made his last tour.  When he arrived at Langya, he remembered that he had sent Xu Fu out to sea to visit the three mountains of Penglai, Fangzhang and Yingzhou in search of the elixir of immortality.  Time flies, now nine years have passed, and the elixir has still not been found, so Qin Shihuang sent someone to ask Xu Fu.  Xu Fu pretended to ask for the elixir and received a large amount of money every year. He was afraid that the scam would be exposed, so he deceived Qin Shihuang and said: "Penglai elixir could have been found, but ships often could not reach the fairy mountain due to the frequent waves of giant sharks. I hope the emperor willHe sent archers to go with him and shoot the giant mackerel to death.  " Qin Shihuang once had a dream, dreaming that he was fighting a humanoid sea god. The dreamer said: "The water god cannot be seen because the giant shark dragon is causing trouble.  Such evil gods should be removed before good gods like gods can come.  " Since Qin Shihuang's dream coincided with Xu Fu's lies, and coupled with his eagerness to seek immortality, he ordered the preparation of fishing tools for the sea of ????human beings, and prepared to shoot the giant shark with a repeating crossbow. From Langya to Rongcheng, the water waves shook,  No big mackerel was seen. When he arrived at Zhifu (now Shan-Dongyan-Tai), he saw a big mackerel. Qin Shihuang personally shot it to death, so he sent Xu Fu into the sea to look for the elixir.  Once the elixir arrives, he can live a life like a god. Unfortunately, Qin Shi Huang failed to seek immortality and fell into this situation. He hated others.  Speaking of death, no one among the ministers dared to ask about his arrangements after his death. As his condition worsened rapidly, Qin Shihuang knew that he would die soon, so he ordered Zhao Gao of Zhongshu Mansion to send a letter to Prince Fusu, telling him to return to Xianyang as soon as possible.  Waiting for the funeral, Zhao Gao kept secret. Qin Shihuang, the first emperor of the ages, died on the sand dune platform. However, Qin Shihuang not only fantasized about himself after unifying the world.  His political power can be passed down through the ages, and he also hopes that he can live long and rule the world for a long time. Importantly, since the Warring States Period, a group of alchemists have appeared in China's coastal areas.  The immortality of immortality medicine, and they have the ability to obtain these magic medicines, which makes people immortal. This trend of immortality made many people obsessed with immortality and devoted themselves to the pursuit of immortality.  It can be said that the death of Qin II is inseparably related to Qin Shihuang's pursuit of immortality. If Qin Shihuang didn't care about immortality so much, maybe the ending of Qin II's death could be changed!  In addition to Qin Shihuang, the eternal emperor, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was equally eager to pursue immortality. Everyone knows that there is no elixir of immortality in the world. Qin Shihuang, who wanted to live forever, had to die in the end.  The prequel position was given to Qin II! However, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty still pursued immortality, and even more so than Qin Shihuang. In the second year after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty came to the throne, he personally met with this so-called charlatan.  The alchemist's name was Li Shaojun, who was only thirty or forty years old, but he lied that he was 70 years old and boasted in front of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty about how he knew how to worship gods and make elixirs to make people live forever.  , Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took out an ancient bronze vessel in front of hundreds of officials and asked Li Shaojun: "Can you tell me the age of this bronze vessel.  Why does anyone own it?  ". After Li Shaojun looked at it, he pretended to be surprised and said: "I have seen this bronze vessel as early as the tenth year of Duke Heng of Qi in the Warring States Period. It was displayed on the cypress bed of the monarch of Qi.  " Hearing this, everyone hurriedly examined the words on the bronze. It was indeed true, it was exactly the same as what Li Shaojun said. The whole court was shocked and said in unison that Li Shaojun is really a god. I am afraid he has lived to be hundreds of years old this year. So  Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty not only believed that Li Shaojun could refine elixirs and create the elixir of immortality, but also personally awarded him a high official and a generous salary. After Li Shaojun died of illness, he also believed that Li Shaojun's soul ascended to heaven and became a real immortal from the east after Li Shaojun's death.  Another man named Li Shaoweng came. He said that he could summon gods and ghosts and knew the magic of elixirs. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty immediately summoned Li Shaoweng. At that time, one of Emperor Wu's wives passed away. He missed her beauty very much.  So I asked Li Shaoweng how to get him to meet his wife. Li Shaoweng said, "It's not difficult. I can use magic to summon her around midnight, and you can meet in a dream."  " Sure enough, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty saw his wife in his dream that night, and immediately named Li Shaoweng General Wencheng and gave high officials generous salaries. However, after more than a year, Li Shaoweng's magic method was always ineffective, so Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty  Very disappointed, so Li Shaoweng came up with a plan, secretly wrote some words on the silk, let the cow swallow it, pretended not to know, and soon said in front of everyone that there was something strange in the cow's belly.  He used alchemy to find out. As a result, he killed the cow. As expected, there was a silk book with writing on it. However, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not believe it and said that it was obviously a fake. The person who wrote it was Li Shaoweng, so he ordered it to be killed.  After four or five years of meeting Li Shaoweng, the King and Queen of Jiaodong came together.The good Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent a minor official named Luan Da under the King of Jiaodong to Chang'an to present the secret recipe to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty summoned Luan Da.  He is even better at bragging: "I have come and gone in this sea area and seen many great gods and immortals. They all have the secret recipe for immortality. If the emperor agrees, I will pay them a lot of money in the name of the emperor to recruit them and offer sacrifices to the emperor."  At this time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was worried about the Yellow River bursting and killing the people, so he completely agreed with Luan Da's opinion.  This Luan Da was handsome, tall and mighty, eloquent, and even more clever at deception. Not only did he receive a high salary from a high official, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also married his eldest daughter to him.  Around 100 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty went on a tour to his hometown of Qi.  There are tens of thousands of alchemists and magicians here, but none of them can prove immortality.  However, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty still persisted in his obsession. On the sea, he held a ceremony to worship the eight gods of God, Land Lord, Man Lord, Yin Lord, Yang Lord, Moon Lord, Sun Lord and Four Seasons Lord.  When the boat arrived at Penglai Island.  A minister said that he saw a man several feet tall, but when he got closer, the giant disappeared.  ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????  He also saw an old man holding a dog and was about to report to the emperor.  But when he turned around, the old man was gone.  So everyone, including Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, said in unison: "This is the Penglai Immortal." After that, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent thousands of envoys to seek immortality, but they all found nothing, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty finally had to die.  By the Tang Dynasty, the emperors were still so fanatical about their pursuit of immortality, even Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, the only emperor in history, was the same.  When it comes to Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, many people equate him with "Mingjun".  indeed.  Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty ascended the throne at the age of twenty-eight. He learned the lessons of the Sui Dynasty, worked hard to govern, and recuperated with the people. The society gradually stabilized, the country became unprecedentedly strong, and created the famous "Government of Zhenguan" in history.  However, in his later years, Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty had the experience of being obsessed with elixirs to seek immortality. In order to seek immortality, he went abroad to seek elixirs without losing a lot of money.  What is ironic is that Li Shimin had previously ridiculed Qin Shihuang for his pursuit of elixirs, which led to the country's subjugation. As a result, Li Shimin died on this so-called elixir.  So a great man no matter how great he is.  There is great fear when encountering death.  So what is the story of Li Shimin being obsessed with elixirs and seeking immortality? The Xuanwu Gate Incident occurred in the ninth year of Emperor Wude of the Tang Dynasty (626 AD). Li Shimin killed his eldest brother Li Jiancheng and his fourth brother Li Yuanji, forcing Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty Li Yuan to abdicate.  .  Then he ascended the throne at the age of twenty-eight.  Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty reigned for twenty-three years.  He accepted the lesson of the Sui Dynasty's demise and worked hard to govern.  With the people recuperating and recuperating, the society gradually stabilized, and the country became unprecedentedly strong, creating the famous "Government of Zhenguan" period in history.  ª¥ However, after he had been emperor for more than ten years, he became accustomed to living a life of ease and enjoyment, and gradually became more luxurious and corrupt.  He restored the luxurious palace built by Emperor Sui Yang in Luoyang.  He once occupied Concubine Yang of King Li Yuanji of Qi. He also selected the fourteen-year-old daughter of the late minister Samurai Wo (Liao) as a talented person and named her "Mei". This is "Wu Mei Niang".  ".  In his "twilight years", the last few years of his reign as emperor, he was uncharacteristically superstitious about divination and obsessed with elixirs.  In the twenty-first year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin suffered from a stroke and was paralyzed in bed.  After diagnosis and treatment by the imperial doctor, the disease recovered slightly after half a year, and he could go to the imperial court every three days.  If he continued to treat and nurse, he might gradually recover. However, at this time, he was obsessed with the gold and stone elixir refined by the alchemists, hoping that he would live forever.  He first took the elixir refined by domestic alchemists, but it did not work. He thought that the domestic alchemists were weak in Taoism, so he sent people to visit foreign experts everywhere.  In the 22nd year of Zhenguan, minister Wang Xuance captured an Indian monk named Nalua Suopo during a foreign war.  In order to cater to Li Shimin's desire to beg for immortality, Wang Xuance dedicated him to Li Shimin.  This Indian monk boasted that he was 200 years old and specialized in the art of immortality. He swore that if he took the elixir he refined, he would be able to live forever and even ascend to the heavenly palace in broad daylight to become an immortal.  ª¥ His nonsense really impressed Li Shimin, so he arranged for the Indian monk to live in a luxurious hotel. Every meal was rich and delicious. He was served by a large group of servants every day, and his life was no less than that of an emperor.  Seeing that Li Shimin had no doubts about him, this guy came up with a lot of weird and weird names of medicines in a serious manner. Li Shimin ordered the world to collect all kinds of medicines and stones according to this prescription, no matter what the cost, no matter what sacrifice, as long as they could buy it in India  The medicine in the monk's prescription can be used even by mountains of swords and seas of fire.Gotta get it.  A year later, the medicine was prepared. Li Shimin was very happy and drank all the medicine without hesitation. As a result, he died of poisoning due to bleeding from his seven orifices.  He was only fifty-two years old at this time and was the first emperor in Chinese history to be poisoned by the "immortality medicine".  He failed to be prudent and ended up leaving this world prematurely in such a ridiculous, stupid and foolish manner.  The most ridiculous thing is that after the emperor's death, the ministers didn't know what to do with Naluo Suapimei.  "If any minister dared to tell Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty about Qin Shihuang's absurd behavior when he was dying, I think Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty would be extremely ashamed.     Regrettably.  Under the "high-pressure" rule of Emperor Taizong of the late Tang Dynasty, absolute power had already made people silent.  Society is no longer the original state of Zhenguan, where people ¡°followed advice like a stream¡±.  From this point of view, Tang Taizong became a laughing stock.  It is inevitable.  After Li Shimin¡¯s death, his descendants probably learned some lessons and did not dare to take highly toxic pills for a long time.  It was not until 170 years later that Tang Xianzong Li Chun, who had forgotten the teachings of his ancestors, became the second emperor to be poisoned by pills.  Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Qin Shihuang were all obsessed with immortality. They all went to Penglai Island to seek immortality and medicine, but they all found nothing.  There is a poem from the Tang Dynasty that goes like this: "My heart is full of immortal secrets, and I am picking up painted clouds and driving cars from the longevity palace. I heard that there are three unknown mountains, and the mausoleum is filled with pines and cypresses in the west wind." It means: Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked for immortal prescriptions for longevity.  Determination is strong.  But at the same time, he was busy building his own longevity palace, which was also a mausoleum.  Although I once knew where the three immortal mountains were, I didn't know the whereabouts of the immortals. In the end, I still died. I slept under the mausoleum, looking at the mausoleum of pines and cypresses, and listening to the west wind blowing the fallen leaves.  "Who in the world has no worries, only the gods are at ease."  The Daluo gods live in Daluo heaven, and they are immortal and immortal.  Paradise is a blissful place with no worries.  Mortals in the world of mortals live in the earthly realm, adapting to life and death and multiplying endlessly, with gains and losses mixed with joy and sorrow.  ??For immortals, worldly fame, fortune, glory, and wealth.  In the long river of time, it is just a blink of an eye. Only ascending to the Purple Mansion and ranking among the immortals is the eternal pursuit.  But common sense tells us that no human being can escape the fate of ultimate death.  but.  People are always unwilling to face this dark truth, and they prefer to believe in the myth of immortality.  Ordinary people seem to be more inclined to pursue the so-called "fountain of youth".  There are people in the fields of science and medicine who are constantly exploring.  Scientists are also studying the properties of many compounds in search of life-extending factors, such as resveratrol (a substance found in grapes), rapamycin (derived from a bacterium on Easter Island) and the  Protein composed of p21 gene.  These proteins inhibit other proteins in cells from forming amyloid plaques, which are linked to Alzheimer's disease and may promote cancer.  It was reported in 2000 that Senex Biotechnology was developing a drug that could achieve a certain inhibitory effect.  The researchers also continued their in-depth analysis of an enzyme called telomerase, which slows down the shrinking process of telomeres.  Telomeres are DNA sequences that gradually shorten during cell division until the cell eventually mutates or dies.  The 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to the discoverer of the working principle of telomeres and telomerase. Recent research findings have also verified the function of telomerase.  In a study published in the journal Nature in November 2010, telomerase was extracted from mice and then implanted. This process resulted in a miraculous rejuvenation phenomenon.  Technically speaking, people have been able to increase telomerase levels in the body through various methods several years ago, but this technology has not yet been clinically evaluated.  Meanwhile, two compounds being tested in humans have become available this year.  These two compounds are sirt1 and st synthetic catalysts, which can simulate the heat limitation effect.  Tests in multiple species have shown that this effect can slow metabolism and slow down the aging process.  According to David Sinclair, a pathologist at Harvard Medical School in the United States, the species tested include yeast, primates, etc.  However, Jay-E-Shaun-Sky, professor of epidemiology at the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois in the United States, believes that overcoming the aging problem cannot be overcome by just one drug.  accomplish.  "Resveratrol, telomerase, and the p21 gene are all just scratching the surface," O-l-Shah-N-Ski said. "In the past 10 years, no drugs have been able to interfere with and relieve the symptoms in humans."  Aging problem. "O-R-Sha-En-Ski insists that the genes of people over 100 years old have a special function, which is to limit the aging process.  "The New England Centenarian Study" is the world's largest program dedicated to studying the elderly. The project is currently following approximately 1,600 centenarians and hundreds of their children.??Research.  "What makes this research so exciting is that we haven't seen results in many species yet, and we expect  Being able to see that the human body can also alleviate the aging phenomenon like mice, thus achieving a huge theoretical leap, the secret of longevity seems to be coming to us." Scientists believe.  The ultimate "fountain of youth" may not be achieved through chemical or biological methods, but through technological means.  Futurist Ray Kurzweil once predicted.  Nanotechnology may be one of the means to achieve immortality.  Micro-robots based on nanotechnology can penetrate deep into our bodies to repair damaged organs and tissues, thus extending the lives of patients.  It has been reported recently.  Raymond Kurzweil, a famous scientist and author of "The Singularity Is Near," boldly predicted that the human dream of immortality will be realized within the next 20 years.  Kurzweil clearly pointed out that the time required for human beings to double their technological level is constantly shortening.  This is an exponential growth curve. When it reaches a certain critical point, the rate of increase in technological level will explode. We are currently near such a critical point and are about to usher in a new era.  A round of rapid acceleration of scientific and technological progress. According to foreign media reports, Raymond Kurzweil (raykurz) is a world-renowned scientist and the author of the book "The Singularity is Near". He said that the world in 20 years will  It will become completely unfamiliar and unimaginable to us. He believes that one of the most important changes is that scientists will finally realize the dream of "immortality". He pointed out in an article published in "The Sun":  "I and many other scientists firmly believe that within the next 20 years or so, we will be able to reprogram our own bodies. This will allow us to shut down the Stone Age genetic 'programs' in our bodies, and even  Working in reverse. "In this way, nanotechnology will allow us to live forever. It is possible that nanorobots will eventually replace the red blood cells in our bodies and function thousands of times more efficiently."  In addition to this assertion, Will's fans included such luminaries as Bill Gates and Bill Clinton.  For example, he believes that humans will eventually be able to replace any organ or part of themselves with artificial organs. He also said that we will not need to breathe oxygen for several hours, and we will also be able to write a book in a few minutes.  Books, all this is due to the development of advanced nanotechnology. In addition, virtual sex-love will also become a reality in the near future. These predictions of Ko-Zi-Wei-Er sound a bit like it.  It may even seem absurd, but in fact, these predictions are all based on the same fact. That is, the speed of scientific and technological progress is accelerating exponentially. He said: "No matter it is computer technology.  , or our understanding of the internal programs of our own bodies - genes. All of these are advancing at an alarming rate. "According to his "technological acceleration" theory, in the next 1/4 century. We.  Humanity¡¯s technological level will also progress ¡°billions of times¡±. He said: ¡°In reality, the time required to double the technological level is constantly shortening. This is an exponential growth curve.  After a certain critical point, the rate of increase in the level of science and technology will show a spurt of acceleration: it is possible that the level of science and technology that originally took 20 years to achieve will now only take 10 years, 5 years, then 25 years, 075 years, and so on.  "Co-Z-We-Er believes that we are currently near such a critical point and is about to usher in a new round of rapid acceleration of scientific and technological progress. "Co-Z-We-Er believes that we have only just experienced it.  A tiny bit of artificial intelligence technology can bring many possibilities, and such technological progress will become even wilder.  We have already begun to apply these technologies to some subtle aspects, such as how to make planes land safer and to help improve Google-Google-search engine technology.  He said: "These technologies are not all science fiction. For example, the functions of our current mobile phones were completely dream-like 20 years ago. When I was a student in 1965, the university I attended only had one computer, which was worth  7 million yuan, and it is very large, but now?¡± He said: ¡°We can look forward to a new world in which humans may become cyborgs and we will have artificial limbs and organs.  "Whether it is Qin Shihuang in real life or Sun Wukong in the novel, they all long to live forever.Therefore, they ate a lot of elixirs, peaches, human flesh, and performed many weird human sacrifice rituals, but they were unable to achieve their wishes.  Even among ordinary people, the richer people rely on virtue and good deeds in the hope of becoming immortals, while the poorer people are more likely to pursue religion and offend their souls.  Of course, there are also some extremely abnormal and evil incidents such as eating human brains.  The pharaohs of ancient Egypt even contributed their own bodies as mummies. They thought that as long as they remained immortal, their souls would come back one day and then they could be resurrected. For this reason, in ancient Egypt  , not only the pharaohs, but also many people also refined themselves into mummies.  ??Also, warriors on ancient battlefields were often deceived. Their superiors lied to them that they could only go to heaven if they died on the battlefield, otherwise they could only go to hell, so the stupid warriors fought desperately.  It¡¯s like how the Japanese believe that a bhikshuni (a nun) eats mermaid meat to achieve immortality.  Of course, other Japanese people disdain this. They believe that death is normal, so they cherish life more. Good times do not last long, and life must be full of joy. They advise you not to cherish your youth. Of course, this is the view of the ancient Tang Dynasty, and it also led to the Japanese  People are more fond of killing and sexual immorality.  In short, what they pursue is spiritual immortality and eternity. This is indeed a mystery.  With the progress and development of mankind, it was during the Qin Dynasty that immortality was practiced for the first time.  Out of his greed for supreme power and endless glory and wealth, Qin Shihuang dreamed of immortality.  In order to realize his dream of immortality, Qin Shihuang sent Xu Fu to lead thousands of boys and girls to the East China Sea to seek the elixir of immortality for him.  As a result, the elixir of immortality was not obtained, and Xu Fu and others disappeared without a trace.  Later, an alchemist said that he could refine the elixir of immortality for Qin Shihuang. Qin Shihuang believed it and spent a lot of manpower and material resources to ask the alchemist to refine the elixir of immortality for him. As a result, Qin Shihuang was deceived and the alchemist was killed.  Qin Shihuang's pursuit of immortality ultimately ended in failure.  Influenced by Qin Shihuang, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also made the same mistake. He sent people to build a dew-bearing tray with a height of 30 feet and a circumference of 17 feet. It is said that the dew-bearing tray was used to collect the dew mixed with jade debris.  Taking it can achieve human longevity.  With the same result, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also ended in failure.  Although Qin Shihuang¡¯s action to practice immortality was not successful, its impact was not small. Because of his action, many legends about the elixir of life spread throughout the world.  Some people say that taking golden elixirs can lead to immortality; some people say that eating human fruit can lead to immortality; others think that eating mica tablets can lead to immortality, etc.  It is precisely because of these legends that many emperors in our country: such as Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Xianzong of the Tang Dynasty Li Chun, Emperor Mu Zong of the Tang Dynasty Li Heng, and Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Houcong, etc., all suffered from taking elixirs containing mercury and lead - "  "Golden elixir" was poisoned and he did not live to the end of his life.  The failure of the emperors in pursuing immortality led the world to evaluate immortality as being impossible to achieve.  In addition, there is indeed no immortal person in real life. Therefore, people are more confident that it is absolutely impossible for humans to achieve immortality. Immortality is against the rules. However, with the development of genetic technology, perhaps humans in the future can achieve immortality.  Not old.  (To be continued) PS: Note: Thank you gan for your support with two monthly passes, thank you!  Thank you Xie Zhixiu for your generous reward and support, thank you!  Chapter 1608: Pursuit:
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