>But it's understood that we are very far from medical technology that can tackle the problem. That's not what the question in the survey was. The question was

>But it's understood that we are very far from medical technology that can tackle the problem. That's not what the question in the survey was. The question was "how long do you WANT to live?", not "how long do you think you WILL live?". Saying you don't want something just because you can't have it is just sour grapes. >The idea that we can cure aging with some miracle cure is a pipe dream until we have a far better understanding and control of biological processes. I don't think any informed people believe that some "miracle cure" is going to come along and cure death and aging. Curing death and aging is going to be a slow, incremental process because aging is made up of many components (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_de_Grey#The_seven_types_of_aging_damage_proposed_by_de_Grey_.28The_Seven_Deadly_Things.29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_de_Grey#The_seven_types_...)