From the Chronicle of Higher Education, this article caught my eye…
If you wish to be a prophet, first you must dress the part. No more silk ties or tasseled loafers. Instead, throw on a wrinkled T-shirt, frayed jeans, and dirty sneakers. You should appear somewhat unkempt, as if combs and showers were only for the unenlightened. When you encounter critics, as all prophets do, dismiss them as idiots. Make sure to pepper your conversation with grandiose predictions and remind others of your genius often, lest they forget. Oh, and if possible, grow a very long beard.
By these measures, Aubrey de Grey is indeed a prophet. The 42-year-old English biogerontologist has made his name by claiming that some people alive right now could live for 1,000 years or longer. Maybe much longer. Growing old is not, in his view, an inevitable consequence of the human condition; rather, it is the result of accumulated damage at the cellular and molecular levels that medical advances will soon be able to prevent ƒ¢¢â€š¬¢â‚¬ or even reverse ƒ¢¢â€š¬¢â‚¬ allowing people to go on living pretty much indefinitely. We’ll still have to worry about angry bears and falling pianos, but aging, the biggest killer of all, will cease to be a threat. Death, as we know it, will die.
Someone is actually trying to take on the great equilizer. Death is the great eqilizer according to Quoheleth. Everyone will die. Despite the fact that this scientist has developed a seven-step plan to “cure” aging, I have a feeling that his maker will have something to say about this.
Interesting. classic clash between science and theology. if there is any truth to the challenges see you in 4005.
I believe that Human Immortality can be achieved practically in 10-20 years of time, and that it
is our main duty as Scientists, to prolong human life to Infinite. Man should not fear Time anymore, but Time should fear Immortality.
Dan I. Pop
Chemical Engineer ,
Author of
“Winning The Battle Against HIV-1”