Putin and Xi Caught Discussing Organ Transplants and Immortality
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- News link: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/09/03/2131226/putin-and-xi-caught-discussing-organ-transplants-and-immortality
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> Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping were caught on a hot mic [1]discussing organ transplants and immortality at the military parade in Beijing on Wednesday. The two leaders were [2]captured on the stream as they walked with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at Tiananmen Square, with the Russian translator saying: "Biotechnology is continuously developing," according to [3]Reuters . "Human organs can be continuously transplanted. The longer you live, the younger you become, and (you can) even achieve immortality," the translator added.
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> Xi responded by saying that some predict that humans could live up to "150 years old." The Kremlin head later confirmed that the two leaders discussed immortality. "Modern means of healing, and medical means, all kinds of surgical means related to organ replacement, they allow humanity to hope that active life will continue not as it does today. The average age in different countries is different, but nevertheless, life expectancy will increase significantly," Putin told reporters, according to [4]CNN .
[1] https://thehill.com/policy/international/5484700-putin-xi-caught-on-hot-mic-discussing-organ-transplants-and-immortality/
[2] https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/world/video/putin-xi-hot-mic-immortality-vrtc
[3] https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/hot-mic-picks-up-putin-xi-discussing-organ-transplants-immortality-2025-09-03/
[4] https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/asia/xi-putin-chat-immortality-longevity-intl
Dunning-Kruger effect live. (Score:2)
Neither Putin nor Xi are medial experts. They are uneducated fools discussing something they know very little about. They think they are knowledgeable but are not.
As a transplant survivor I can tell you it is not that easy. Organ rejection sucks. Worse, sometimes the transplant an reject the body, rather than the other way around. The medication we currently use to delay organ rejection has horrible side effects beyond merely making you immunosuppressed (as in you can die from covid). Prednisone does
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They're also totally disregarding another reality: The more transplants you receive, the more your immune system will reject the next one. Shit, even dialysis makes your immune system more picky about what organs it will accept the longer you do it.
Larry Niven just felt his ears burn (Score:2)
Guess he was right. Here we go.
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I think any Nivenesque mass-executions-for-petty-crimes-to-fill-the-organ-banks thing will be a limited problem. Only Putin and Xi and, well, Trump, and their immediate circles have the power and position to benefit from such an arrangement at the moment, and I suspect that xenografts from hypoallergenic pigs might be the better solution by the time they're ready for their second round--somewhat like the "heart beasts" and "liver beasts" that destabilized the regime in _A Gift from Earth_, (not that it'll