What do you mean?

Looks to me like you are reacting to the title instead of the article

I expected the standard anti-medicine fare from the title, but got neat biological investigation/hacking instead. That was an interesting read

If I read your comment right, I fully agree.

We take it for granted, we believe that we have the right to exist. At every turn we're trying to defeat death and illness. Trying to defeat nature's (and the planet's) mechanisms of a form of population control.

Then on the other hand, we sort of complain about overpopulation.

Don't get me wrong, I don't want to see people die, but on the other hand I fully understand that we must die. Me must get ill.

We are not destined, we just want to exist, just like every other animal (well, maybe there are some exceptions).

Maybe we aren't, but the deeply ingrained believe that we are may certainly be useful. I hate lies or partial truths, but if the full truth is incomprehensible by our intellects, the best we can do is live with and by models and mantra's that are helpful in making the now a nice place to be.

Not that we should even give up the search for more truth, at least, that's one of my mantras.