dailygalaxy.com— Aubrey de Grey is 44 years old, going on 1,000. He says old age is optional and any rational being who would choose it is nuts.
Jun 11, 2009View in Crawl 4
I used to work at the Buck Institute. Aubrey de Grey was well known among the scientists to be a complete joke. He was invited to give a talk there once(unfortunately after my time there) and from what I hear his untestable psuedoscientific crap "theories" were pretty well shredded during the portion of the talk where he was supposed to answer questions.
If the world stayed much like it is now, then yes, maybe we would get bored. But everything I've read or seen points to the 21st century being a really wild ride, what with advancing computer technology, genetics, nanotech etc. So boredom is VERY unlikely to be an issue.In about 500 years time (or maybe even less), I'd like to be doing something cool like snowboarding down Olympus Mons on a terraformed Mars.
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>Aubrey Aubrey Aubrey, you ignorant slut. >You arms too short to box with entropy.exactly what does this mean? he is talking repair and upgrading the wetware. so... entropy over the life of the wetware? what is the measure by which you speak? :D why do you think your measure is real? i'm comfortable with change and embrace the unpredictable future with all its great new toys.. but physics appears to be advancing towards some discovery that is going to be scary. very very scary. --digression on the surity of absolutes--i am open on the idea of aliens coming to earth. the numbers of high functioning and highly placed witnesses claiming its true is getting to be hard to dismiss. the thing that scares me about it is that given our understanding of physics there is no way aliens would find us and come calling. so if they are here then our understanding of the universe is toast. --entropy... humm... i think you take a lot for granted and have no basis for making absolute statements and where do you fit?
For the folks who are skeptic and detractors, you go ahead and die if you want. Me, I've got plans enough for a lot of lifetimes. I can't wait for the breakthrough!
I totally agree with FLarsen, 70 years is actually WAY beyond our natural life expectancy, living for 1000 years would give you the oportunity to do everything you would want to do in life! It would be wonderful!
I believe that eventually mankind will have extremely long lifespans. This will come from a combination of things such as healthier foods, technology, and decreased polution. The average human lifespan has steadily increased over time and there's no reason to think that it won't continue to do so, especially given the influence of the reasons I mentioned. The problem with living longer is that your body just simply wears out. Introduce a means to repair tissue and organs and you've solved that problem. Nano's to repair whats there or artificial parts to replace them would do nicely. I don't know about a thousand years, but before long 80 will be the new 40. So let it be written, so let it be done.
pbuschmaJun 11, 2009
here is a link to the guy's TED talkGood news .. I don't think he is crazyBad news ... If you can read this it won't apply to you<a class="user" href="http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/aubrey_de_grey_says_we_can_avoid_aging.html">http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/aubrey_de_grey_s ...</a>
gparksJun 11, 2009
I used to work at the Buck Institute. Aubrey de Grey was well known among the scientists to be a complete joke. He was invited to give a talk there once(unfortunately after my time there) and from what I hear his untestable psuedoscientific crap "theories" were pretty well shredded during the portion of the talk where he was supposed to answer questions.
mattbdJun 11, 2009
If the world stayed much like it is now, then yes, maybe we would get bored. But everything I've read or seen points to the 21st century being a really wild ride, what with advancing computer technology, genetics, nanotech etc. So boredom is VERY unlikely to be an issue.In about 500 years time (or maybe even less), I'd like to be doing something cool like snowboarding down Olympus Mons on a terraformed Mars.
firebhaalJun 11, 2009
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starmanjonesJun 12, 2009
>Aubrey Aubrey Aubrey, you ignorant slut. >You arms too short to box with entropy.exactly what does this mean? he is talking repair and upgrading the wetware. so... entropy over the life of the wetware? what is the measure by which you speak? :D why do you think your measure is real? i'm comfortable with change and embrace the unpredictable future with all its great new toys.. but physics appears to be advancing towards some discovery that is going to be scary. very very scary. --digression on the surity of absolutes--i am open on the idea of aliens coming to earth. the numbers of high functioning and highly placed witnesses claiming its true is getting to be hard to dismiss. the thing that scares me about it is that given our understanding of physics there is no way aliens would find us and come calling. so if they are here then our understanding of the universe is toast. --entropy... humm... i think you take a lot for granted and have no basis for making absolute statements and where do you fit?
ferretmanJun 13, 2009
For the folks who are skeptic and detractors, you go ahead and die if you want. Me, I've got plans enough for a lot of lifetimes. I can't wait for the breakthrough!
redgiementalJun 13, 2009
How about forcing people to choose between the life extension and children?Would that be a fair compromise?Then the two would balance out.
merdokJun 13, 2009
I totally agree with FLarsen, 70 years is actually WAY beyond our natural life expectancy, living for 1000 years would give you the oportunity to do everything you would want to do in life! It would be wonderful!
bryonJun 14, 2009
There are more cars on the road than there are sides to a coin..
dewayne76Dec 16, 2009
I believe that eventually mankind will have extremely long lifespans. This will come from a combination of things such as healthier foods, technology, and decreased polution. The average human lifespan has steadily increased over time and there's no reason to think that it won't continue to do so, especially given the influence of the reasons I mentioned. The problem with living longer is that your body just simply wears out. Introduce a means to repair tissue and organs and you've solved that problem. Nano's to repair whats there or artificial parts to replace them would do nicely. I don't know about a thousand years, but before long 80 will be the new 40. So let it be written, so let it be done.