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Come off it, she had access to a research lab at age 12! Even she said it's extraordinary. > I really felt like I got a cheat code to life early on. It was lik
by morelisp 6y ago
Come off it, she had access to a research lab at age 12! Even she said it's extraordinary.
> I really felt like I got a cheat code to life early on. It was like being Ben Franklin’s daughter or something... When I first met Cynthia Kenyon... I was 12. She very kindly offered for me to just work in her lab as a normal intern,
- earthscienceman 6y agoNo wonder she's obsessed with longevity. If everything I ever wanted or was interested in was handed to me on a silver platter, I'd want to live forever too. How can people like Peter Thiel et al not feel disgusting spending a fortune on personal longevity when there is still starvation and hunger killing children every day? I would love to see the wealthy/privileged hackernews crowd try to justify this. I have less caustic words for Laura Deming. She's young and she's at least investigating the world.
- nmfisher 6y ago> How can people like Peter Thiel et al not feel disgusting spending a fortune on personal longevity when there is still starvation and hunger killing children every day? Probably because starvation is almost never an economic problem solvable with money.
- morelisp 6y agoChild malnutrition in Thiel's home countries (Germany, US, or New Zealand) is 100% solvable with money, maybe even entirely with his personal money.
- 1123581321 6y agoThat opportunity is certainly extraordinary. We probably disagree on whether it’s normal for wealthy homeschooled children or should even be thought of as part of a school cirriculum.