(or 2!) Dying of old age, can you actually DIE because of the body being worn out, or is it always a disease or such? I read that if we cure every disease, we would live hundreds of years.

Question

Title! I don’t get it. Isn’t my finger getting worn from just being used for too long? Or will it eventually get worse because of something else?

In: Biology

Answer 1

There’s this really important organ in your body that has been working since before you were born, it never stops, it’s always working, it stops and you die.

Your heart, your heart is always beating, how many systems organic or mechanical have that kind of power on run time? Like the fucking energizer bunny it just keeps going and going and going, you get the point.

Yes, your organs can wear out.