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Tag Archives: Anti-Aging
The diminishing returns of reactive medicine
In an article for Slate, Jay Olshansky argues in favor of a position that one would expect to be common sense at this point: While we can extend life in aging bodies through behavioral improvements and medical treatments, the time … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics, Science
Tagged Aging, Anti-Aging, Cryonics, Reactive Medicine, Rejuvenation, Rejuvenation Research, S. Jay Olshansky
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The science of personal survival
There are various competing strategies how to achieve meaningful life extension or rejuvenation, including , but not limited to, genetic manipulation, periodical elimination of damage, caloric restriction, molecular nanotechnology and mind uploading. A useful review of these strategies has been … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics, Death, Science
Tagged Anti-Aging, Biotechnology, Cryonics, Inductivism, Longevity Science, Mind Uploading, Molecular Nanotechnology, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Personal Survival, Rejuvenation, Research, Rudolf Carnap, Stroke
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Peter Thiel: Utopian Pessimist
Peter Thiel, one of the few original minds in the life extension and accelerating-technological-change community, is featured in a short interview at Wired. Thiel seems to be aware of the limitations of extrapolation of trends: We’ve been living in a … Continue reading
Posted in Science, Society
Tagged Anti-Aging, Futurism, Peter Thiel, Singularity, Transhumanism
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Thomas Donaldson on cryonics and anti-aging
Just a superficial look at the history of the life extension movement will suffice to show the rise and fall of numerous fads and trends in ideas about the mechanisms and “treatment” of aging. Psychological meliorism and simplistic visions of … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics, Death
Tagged Anti-Aging, Cryonics, Life Extension, Meliorism, Thomas Donaldson
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Aging 2008
Press Release Methuselah Foundation Announces Aging 2008 at UCLA Have you ever dreamed of climbing Mt. Everest – on your 125th birthday? Los Angeles, CA (May 19, 2008) On Friday June 27th, leading scientists and thinkers in stem cell research … Continue reading