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Is Radical Life Extension Too Radical?

Aubrey de Grey

Patt Morrison Show, KPCC

Posted: Nov 13, 2010

How old is too old? Some scientists think the body has a metabolic stop-sign at about age 122; others think that through new technologies, genetics, and robotics we can expand our longevity to a quarter millennium. And one man, IEET Fellow Aubrey de Grey, thinks immortality is possible â€” that the first human who will reach 1000 years of age has already been born.

But with great age our assumptions of life, family, work, taxes, government, health, sexâ€¦ our humannessâ€¦would change. Are you ready for the long life?

Click here to listen to an interview featuring Aubrey de Grey and Joel Garreau.

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Martin Fox • Connecticut • Nov 14, 2010

The host is incredibly annoying.

She is constantly interrupting and dumbing it down.

I think she deliberately cut Aubrey off when he was responding about the perennial over-population question.

Its clear she doesn't like the idea of life extension.

If people don't like life extension technology they don't have to use it.

But they have no right to decide for others.

laurence • new york • Nov 14, 2010

agreed to above poster ^^

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