Ok lets say that you are a knowledgeable entity and that you want to create a system that is dynamic and self maintaining. How would you do this? The question boils down to: Is life an accident or is it not? If it is an accident then it should follow the rules of pure evolutionary science. The problem is that it doesn't. Granted evolution is going on, but not in a pure sense.
If you were going to create a system that is dynamic and self maintaining wouldn't evolutionary stuff be an important part of your self maintaining system? Sure it would. So what next? You have limited resources (Light and space). How would YOU create a dynamic and self maintaining system with energy and space limitations.
My suggestion is, if you truly want to understand aging then create a living, dynamic, self maintaining system that has limited energy and space resources. Understanding that there is only room for the best of the best, and that best of the best has to be reproducing and not bored.
We have the perfect system, we are just not happy being a part of it. Love, john