Is Ageing a Disease?

1. FADE IN.

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3. Act 1

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5. INT. SITTING ROOM - 11:00

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7. Reading an answer request in Quora on screen, PETER is thoughts.

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9. PETER (V.O.): Is ageing a disease? That's the question.

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11. Pausing.

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13. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): A disease is a harmful deviation from a being's normal functioning.

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15. Pausing.

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17. PETER (V.O.): If ageing is a disease, is it a curable one?

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19. Pausing.

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21. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Or is it just because no anti-ageing drug has been discovered yet?

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23. Pausing.

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25. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Let me do some research.

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27. Act 2

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29. INT. BEDROOM - 12:00

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31. Sitting behind an old mini-hifi set, Peter presses the Play button but the player ejects the disc.

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33. PETER (V.O.): This old set has its temper. Yesterday, it was playing. Today, it refuses to load the disc.

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35. Peter presses the Close and Play buttons again, but the player ejects the disc as before.

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37. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I shouldn't expect the result would be different.

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39. Getting tools, Peter opens the old CD player.

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41. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I don't know how to fix it actually.

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43. Having used a cotton bud to touch the laser component, Peter presses the Play button and the player begins to load the disc.

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45. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Oh, have I got magic?

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47. Pausing.

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49. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Or have I disrupted its ageing process?

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51. Researching.

53. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): While machine parts are subject to wear and tear, human cells aren't immortal too.

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55. Thinking.

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57. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): There're old age-related diseases but not all old people get them.

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59. Thinking.

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61. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Ageing is different, every being gets it.

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63. Thinking.

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65. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): While we must struggle against any disease. we must also try to struggle against old age if we can.

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67. Thinking.

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69. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Even if ageing is a common disease, I don't think it's a curable one.

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71. Pausing.

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73. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Supplements that might delay the aging process have to be based on evidence.

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75. Researching.

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77. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The current life expectancy for Hong Kong, China, in 2022, is 85.16, a 0.16% increase from 2021.

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79. Pausing.

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81. PETER (Cont'd): One characteristic aspect of ageing is that old people are susceptible to age-related disease.

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83. INT. PET GARDEN - 17:30

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85. Dogs are chasing each other as their MASTERS watch. Peter and his WIFE are walking their pet, KAJI.

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87. WIFE (to Kaji): Join them!

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89. Kaji isn't responding.

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91. PETER: They're several years younger than her.

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93. WIFE: Yes, she's old when compared to them.

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95. Peter researches with his smartphone.

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97. PETER (V.O.): Every 52 days is a year in a dog's life.

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99. Pausing.

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101. PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): Time flies, for all beings. That isn't our fault. It's nature.

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103. Act 3

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105. INT. SITTING ROOM - 23:00

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107. Finishing FaceTime with a daughter, Peter relaxes on a sofa.

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109. PETER (V.O.): Ageing is a natural process where we become persons we always should have been.

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111. Peter picks up his smartphone.

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113. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Ageing isn't a disease. It's about adaptation and survivorship.

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115. Peter responds to answer request from a Quoran.

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117. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd):I'll continue to exercise my body and mind, striving to add years to life and life to years.

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119. FADE OUT

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121. THE END