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I don't like to comment much anymore, but I feel like I have spent a substantial portion of my life on this topic, and consequently can direct people to some re
by hanselot 3y ago
I don't like to comment much anymore, but I feel like I have spent a substantial portion of my life on this topic, and consequently can direct people to some resources that can bridge the knowledge gap a bit in this regard.
>delay it by decades
Yes, but we aren't solving the problems, we are dealing with symptoms. The entire industry is currently treating old age diseases as diseases, and not as symptoms of bodily decay. This is covered extensively by the work of Dr Aubrey de Grey (yes, that one), in any case, he documents 7 different ways in which the body accrues damage over time, and is actively researching in all these fields to find methods to mitigate, and reverse said damage.
To aid in this regard, feel free to visit the SENS research foundation website at https://www.sens.org/ https://www.sens.org/
This approach is very different from the one currently deployed in the field afaik. The idea is that the human body, like a car, can be kept in pristine condition if these 7 sources of deterioration is reversed/addressed.
It is really quite fascinating. I would advise you to go check out the healthspan discord on https://discord.gg/sCwyPXu https://discord.gg/sCwyPXu
There are a number of highly motivated individuals actively researching and following the SOTA as well as excellent news aggregation.
This is the initial reason I got interested in this in the first place: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvWtSUdOWVI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvWtSUdOWVI
One of Dr de Grey's quotes that I find quite compelling is:
"There is no difference between saving lives and extending lives, because in both cases we are giving people the chance of more life."
- gizajob 3y agoI find it funny how Aubrey de Grey is so focussed on life extension while making himself look about as ancient as he possibly can...