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Aubrey de Grey calls it a trance. Since death is inevitable, we tend to bias our reasoning toward its meager positives, whereas if it were a choice, almost nobo
by photonic30 11y ago
Aubrey de Grey calls it a trance. Since death is inevitable, we tend to bias our reasoning toward its meager positives, whereas if it were a choice, almost nobody would really choose to follow through with it, outside of religious reasons.
- DrJonhty 11y agoPeople just don't get it. In most cases the current approach to treating the diseases of aging is akin to offering someone with cancer a codeine pill, in other words we are ameliorating the symptoms whilst doing little to attack the underlying root cause of the problem which is aging itself. If we chose to tackle aging by repairing the accumulated damage which arises at a cellular and molecular level instead of treating the end result then the diseases of aging such as Alzheimer's, cancer, cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes and osteoarthritis would be reduced by around 95% because these diseases are primarily a direct consequence of old age and rarely afflict young people. Throughout our history if there has been a route by which we can lead healthier, happier and more productive lives. We have tended to take it and that is the reason why anti-aging medicine will progress down exactly the same route and why the arguments against controlling aging do not have any validity at all.