Aging

[Anonymous No.3496920]

Slowing, halting and even reversing the effects of aging.

Audio: http://www.freetalklive.com/files/degrey.mp3
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXnLQGTKZbg
Text: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_de_grey

Thread doesn't necessarily need to revolve around Dr. De Grey, links point to him solely because he's the biggest name out there when it comes to bio-gerontology.

Discuss.

[Anonymous No.3496943]

They say the first person to live over 200 is already alive today.

Adults 30 and under are expected to live to at least 150.

However, de Grey's plan is to prolong life into the hundreds of years. As new technologies, methods, cell/genetic manipulation, and surgical procedures progress, so will lifespan.

It's an interesting topic. Surprised I don't see it here on /sci/ more than I do.

[Anonymous No.3496942]

That guy is the spokesman for stopping aging? Unless hes a scribe from the 1400's im not too impressed

[Anonymous No.3496947]

>>3496942
really? this is all you have to say on the subject?

bugger off. halfway through the audio. wish these radio hosts would stfu and let the doc speak.

[Colonel Coffee Mug !phJ7yIcs.Q No.3496950]

>>3496947

He's not really a doctor. I wish more people who talk about these subjects had actual degrees.

Maybe there's a reason that they promote this and they don't have degrees, what do I know?

[Anonymous No.3496957]

>>3496947
>bugger off

Ohhh sick burn. Also lol at the thread focused on celebrities and not telomerase

[Anonymous No.3496960]

>>3496950
sorry... /sci/

this is my first introduction to the guy. i haven't even thought about this stuff in ages.

[Anonymous No.3496963]

I don't think Dr De Grey is serious, he managed to piss off and ostracize the very people he needed to help him. If you were after immortality you'd be a silver tongued politician, diplomatically worming your way into everyone's hearts and minds, not indulging in your own emotions.

[Anonymous No.3496964]

>>3496950
>I wish more people who talk about these subjects had actual degrees.


Actual scientists are too busy doing science. We have to rely on the other "scientists" to package and sell things to us

[Anonymous No.3496966]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biogerontology#Biogerontology

[Colonel Coffee Mug !phJ7yIcs.Q No.3496990]

>>3496960

It's okay, I just try to keep a policy of disbelief every time good things are announced.

;_;

[Anonymous No.3496998]

post mitotic cells pretty much fuck over any "natural" method of life extension. We'll either have to create synthetic ones or use something like stem cells to keep pumping new ones in

[Anonymous No.3497008]

I like the idea of living to be 150

[Anonymous No.3497033]

>>3496998
It isn't too far-fetched.

>>3497008
Damn straight.

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Anyone familiar enough with the subject to fill us in? Too razy to rook.

[Anonymous No.3497038]

The only reason I would want to live that long is because I have so many things I want to learn and accomplish in life.

[Anonymous No.3497041]

http://www.sens.org/

[Anonymous No.3497064]

>>3497038
Spoken like a true /sci/entist

[Anonymous No.3497068]

I'd rather be rebuilt as a cyborg, fuck the haters

[Anonymous No.3497082]

How would they maintain the integrity of the brain?

[Anonymous No.3497085]

>>3497068

I'd rather be uploaded and then have the ability to create my own reality with my own allotment of space and matter.

LET THE SINGULARITY SHIT STORM BEGIN

[Colonel Coffee Mug !phJ7yIcs.Q No.3497104]

>>3497085

I'd rather be uploaded too, but that's not for immortality.

The immortality is just a side effect.

[Anonymous No.3497109]

>mfw Dr. De Grey dies in a car crash in the next five months

[Anonymous No.3497279]

I don't know that I'd do the cyborg brain data transfer.

[Anonymous No.3497308]

>>3497085
>>3497104

I'm skeptical of mind uploading...all it does is create a copy, it doesn't preserve the original you. You still die.