> The crux of the issue is that we really don't understand "old age" and why our bodies tend to break down with age. It may seem like just the natural tendencies of the universe, such as your old car getting cranky as it ages and never starting right or stalling at stoplights, but the truth is we're such wonderful self-healing machines we really ought to be able to live longer than we do even now, from what I understand, and that we don't is kind of a mystery. It could be a simple biological control to help reduce overpopulation, but nobody really knows for sure.

I'd blame it on entropy. A natural resistance to order. The same reason, I'm sure, that nobody can see my desktop. :-)

-useless"The most mysterious and destructive force in the universe seems to be directly centered around my house... whee!"ness