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I hate these sort of articles. As if we should all go cower back in our holes now that someone flamed out. A cautionary tale maybe, but crossroads? Hardly.
by noetic_techy 8y ago
I hate these sort of articles. As if we should all go cower back in our holes now that someone flamed out. A cautionary tale maybe, but crossroads? Hardly. People often pushing the boundaries push too far. If were ever going to improve things and get off this planet, were going to have to start stomaching some inevitable loss's.
- ra1n85 8y agoI agree with you, primarily because this was a decision made by the individual himself. Unlike a monkey shot off into space 40 years ago, this guy presumably understood the risk to the endeavor. And it's "losses" :)
- RIMR 8y agoFor me it's really off putting that a "life extension activist" experimented on himself recklessly until he died before hitting 30. It doesn't put an ounce of confidence in his company. Medicine isn't easy - he wasn't a pioneer, he was a wannabe and he died chasing the dream of eternal life. I am all for the development of these incredible new treatments and therapies, but the biohacker community needed a wake-up call badly. If Aaron's death encourages others in the field to slow down and be more deliberate, and to avoid high-risk testing for publicity's sake, then hopefully it won't be in vain.
- godelski 8y agoI'm reminded of Clarke's second law[1] > The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke%27s_three_laws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke%27s_three_laws