# I have figured out why we are mortal

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> [@Technology doesn't work that way - SamuelA's Pit Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/94):
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> this world would be uninhabitable if living things didn’t eventually die.

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