Question Time made my head explode.

So, there I was, letting a beautiful curry go down whilst watching some TV with my dad, and before I know it, we're talking about the scientific possibility of actually properly reversing the ageing process. After a long day at work, to say I was slightly confused by this conversation is somewhat of an understatement.

There are all sorts of moral issues to consider - such as what would be the point of reproduction, and where would we put everyone? There are those who would see these complications and dismiss the idea because of its impracticalities, but I would strongly disagree with anyone who thought it would be a bad idea to try. It would mean that human kind has conquered time, which would be the most incredible achievement to date. If you could remain, for example, in the body of a 24 year old forever, you'd probably take that. No-one would die of things such as cancer, in fact, the only way to die would be to actually commit suicide, or a heart attack.

This conversation made me think about some of the amazing things that have been discovered over the last 600 years or so. Who knew that light could be manufactured, or that electricity could be harnessed into producing that, and so forth. No-one thought you'd be able to make a television flat 10 years ago, let alone thinner than the average slice of bread. No-one thought that mp3 would ever take-off, or that you could record video and show it on a big-screen, or a small screen, or anything. Science has provided us with so much more than we started with, and breaking the code to effective immortality, however preposterous it may sound right now, probably isn't that far away. And just imagine...

It's a distant dream, and would no doubt only be available to the rich, and perhaps the very poor on the NHS, of course.

Of course, it seems all the more distant because there are very stupid people in high places. For example, Question Time last night featured the issue of the head of the Met Police and his apparent impeachment over the death of an 'innocent' man, who was shot dead after pretty much getting in the way of an anti-terror unit. Yes, there is an obvious irony in his passing, and there are plenty of people who say that people shouldn't be killed by policemen in this country when they haven't done anything wrong, but he was looking a bit dodgy, and there's all these other excuses...but, the bottom line is this; would you rather an anti-terror officer, someone who is highly trained in their line of work and put their lives on the line of the safety of the general public was allowed to do his job without having to second guess himself as to whether he'll be sued by someone later on? Because if that isn't the case, next time we are in this position of being a target of terrorism - and it will happen - people are likely to die. And not just one dodgy looking Frenchman - hundreds of innocent people.

Unfortunately, the biggest cause of death these days is living. You run the risk of going out and never coming back, and even more unfortunately, shit happens - especially in London, especially on the Tube. Sir Ian Blair wasn't there, and he acknowledges it wasn't one of the Met Police's finest moments, but his force saved a lot more than they ended.

So lay off him.