On 07-Dec-08 18:15, Darren New wrote:

> http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/aubrey_de_grey_says_we_can_avoid_aging.html 

Thanks for that. Life was so busy that I still have nor finished all TED 
talks. It may take some time or perhaps it is a loosing battle. Is there 
a reading/watching escape velocity?
Anyway, a couple remarks:
- I saw the dictators in his slide but he did not take it and the other 
objections seriously. Apparently he does not want to think about what 
longevity means to a society.
- He is only talking about life extension. He totally neglects that it 
may be useful to think about changing the time course of (brain) 
development.
- I have the same feeling sometimes as when I watch a talk of a 
creationist. It only makes real sense if you believe in the implicit 
assumptions. In this case that it is bad that people die at a certain age.

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