The Search for a Pill That Can Help Dogs–and Humans–Live Longer(wired.com)
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The Search for a Pill That Can Help Dogs–and Humans–Live Longer
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Why haven’t we invented forever-puppies yet?
Non-ending life is terrifying. Imagine getting injured and that's how you'll be forever, now imagine not understanding that and being in pain forever.
Generally people aren't looking for immortality in the "evil magic curse" sense. They want immortality in the sense of being able to preserve your body and your mind in your prime indefinitely. A magic curse where you suffer forever is bad, but being healthy is good.
Life is suffering.
Completely disagree. Would rather be limbless and alive than dead. Constant pain? Constantly take opiates.
Then the opiates stop working so you take so much that you'd wish you were dead, because the pain doesn't go away no matter what.
Non-ending life (as you describe it) is terrifying.
But non-ending life (in other more positive conceptions) is the literal basis of religions.
But non-ending life (in other more positive conceptions) is the literal basis of religions.
Name a religion that doesn't actively oppress and break people and isn't also built on a long history of exploitation.
There is always the fire option... or nuclear
Reminds me of Elantris by Brandon Sanderson.
It's not possible. Also that would be really sad for the puppy that has to outlive everyone it ever meets.
Why do you think it isn’t possible? Let’s say they stayed puppies for 5 years. That’s at least as long as humans stay kids.
Life span and childhood won’t be simply controlled, but why in principle couldn’t a puppy stay a puppy for a few years?
Failure of ambition if you ask me, jeez
Life span and childhood won’t be simply controlled, but why in principle couldn’t a puppy stay a puppy for a few years?
Failure of ambition if you ask me, jeez
Similar reasons we're still waiting for weeks with only Sundays in them?
I don’t understand modern healthcares obsession with extending life.
Part of the allure of life is because it’s temporary, so each moment is more valuable.
In a life where everyone lives to 200, the value of each moment (of your family, of the choices you make) is less, because you’ll probably have another chance sometime in the future.
Personally, I don’t want to live a day past 80.
Part of the allure of life is because it’s temporary, so each moment is more valuable.
In a life where everyone lives to 200, the value of each moment (of your family, of the choices you make) is less, because you’ll probably have another chance sometime in the future.
Personally, I don’t want to live a day past 80.
What no cats?
Read the article and maybe you'll find out
It's too bad that this very interesting research being led by an obviously talented person has to be overshadowed by the sexual misconduct of the men around her.
I hope her and others like her can help fix the world before my daughter grows into it, but I worry patterns that are millennia old may take longer than a few generations to fix.
I hope her and others like her can help fix the world before my daughter grows into it, but I worry patterns that are millennia old may take longer than a few generations to fix.
From the Aubrey de Grey Wikipedia entry [1]
> Both women describe situations in which de Grey, {...} explicitly spoke with them about sex. According to Halioua’s account, he even told her that it was her responsibility to sleep with SENS donors to encourage financial contributions. Deming was only 17 when, she alleges, de Grey told her he wanted to speak with her about his “adventurous love life.”
What might be even worse is the response by SENS:
> In March 2022, the SENS Research Foundation released a statement regarding de Grey's employment affirming that while his actions "did substantiate instances of poor judgment and boundary-crossing behaviors, Dr. de Grey is not a sexual predator."
I’m also the father of a daughter and this makes my blood boil.
Relating this back to the topic of life extension technology, one effect is that evil people will live longer. I’d wager that life extension technology would create an evolutionary advantage for evil people because they are more prone to power-seeking ideologies and therefore more likely to adopt the technology than conventionally morally good people, who would be more at peace with death.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_de_Grey
> Both women describe situations in which de Grey, {...} explicitly spoke with them about sex. According to Halioua’s account, he even told her that it was her responsibility to sleep with SENS donors to encourage financial contributions. Deming was only 17 when, she alleges, de Grey told her he wanted to speak with her about his “adventurous love life.”
What might be even worse is the response by SENS:
> In March 2022, the SENS Research Foundation released a statement regarding de Grey's employment affirming that while his actions "did substantiate instances of poor judgment and boundary-crossing behaviors, Dr. de Grey is not a sexual predator."
I’m also the father of a daughter and this makes my blood boil.
Relating this back to the topic of life extension technology, one effect is that evil people will live longer. I’d wager that life extension technology would create an evolutionary advantage for evil people because they are more prone to power-seeking ideologies and therefore more likely to adopt the technology than conventionally morally good people, who would be more at peace with death.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_de_Grey
You don’t need to have a daughter to be angry about this! Suggesting prostitution is outrageously uncalled for. That guy is an asshole.
I won’t comment on what defines someone as evil, but rich people do already live longer - so this would further exaggerate a gap that already exists. That’s a very safe bet.
I won’t comment on what defines someone as evil, but rich people do already live longer - so this would further exaggerate a gap that already exists. That’s a very safe bet.