Thursday, February 02, 2006
Mouse Trap Part I
Life's a bitch and then you die. Everyone has seen that bumper sticker on a car. When I see it or hear it I think, "I'm sure glad I'm not that poor schmuck. It must miserable being him."
I love life. In fact I love it so much, I never want to die. There's virtually no end to what there is to learn and experience here on earth, not to mention the vast expanses of the universe - or even the infinite number of parallel universes.
But, as they say, "Nothing is certain but death and taxes." But wait - is death all that certain? Maybe not. (Taxes are yet another story for another time). The average lifespan of humans in industrialized countries is now mid to late 70's with 120 being pretty much the upper limit. But, underway right now is a venture, similar to the XPrize (privately funded space race), called the Methusalah Mouse Prize or Mprize:
"a scientific competition designed to draw attention to the ability of new technologies to slow and even reverse the damage of the aging process, preserving health and wisdom in a world that sorely needs it. "
Aubrey deGrey at Cambridge University helped found this "contest" that awards cash prizes for advances toward doubling the age of mice. deGrey believes it can be done in 10 years with that research leading to the same results in humans in another 10 to 15 years. Dr. deGrey established SENS (Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence) to promote research into "curing" aging. The goal is to not only live for hundreds or thousands of years but to live in a healthy, active state - not in a debilitated, sickly stupor.
Life's a Beach and I Never Want to Die.
UPDATE: (Comment) Hope wrote the following.
"i wonder why anyone would want to live to be 120, i've seen my great grand father who passed away last month he was 125.at 125 you dont know what day it is, or if its day or night, most of the friends you made have died 40 years ago,you've got no spouse.yo9u can't be a part of any conversation cause you can't hear what people are saying and if you can listen you don't understand.cant get up when you sit down.you pee on your bed all the time and don't realise it and the rare day when you do realise what has happened to you, you beg god to end it."
Quentin Replies:
Hope, you missed a key part of the post: "The goal is to not only live for hundreds or thousands of years but to live in a healthy, active state - not in a debilitated, sickly stupor."
The key is that with this technology, if realized, you will remain healthy, of sound mind and sound body - even a younger body. Follow some of the links for more info on that or stayed tuned for Part II of Mouse Trap.
I love life. In fact I love it so much, I never want to die. There's virtually no end to what there is to learn and experience here on earth, not to mention the vast expanses of the universe - or even the infinite number of parallel universes.
But, as they say, "Nothing is certain but death and taxes." But wait - is death all that certain? Maybe not. (Taxes are yet another story for another time). The average lifespan of humans in industrialized countries is now mid to late 70's with 120 being pretty much the upper limit. But, underway right now is a venture, similar to the XPrize (privately funded space race), called the Methusalah Mouse Prize or Mprize:
"a scientific competition designed to draw attention to the ability of new technologies to slow and even reverse the damage of the aging process, preserving health and wisdom in a world that sorely needs it. "
Aubrey deGrey at Cambridge University helped found this "contest" that awards cash prizes for advances toward doubling the age of mice. deGrey believes it can be done in 10 years with that research leading to the same results in humans in another 10 to 15 years. Dr. deGrey established SENS (Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence) to promote research into "curing" aging. The goal is to not only live for hundreds or thousands of years but to live in a healthy, active state - not in a debilitated, sickly stupor.
Life's a Beach and I Never Want to Die.
UPDATE: (Comment) Hope wrote the following.
"i wonder why anyone would want to live to be 120, i've seen my great grand father who passed away last month he was 125.at 125 you dont know what day it is, or if its day or night, most of the friends you made have died 40 years ago,you've got no spouse.yo9u can't be a part of any conversation cause you can't hear what people are saying and if you can listen you don't understand.cant get up when you sit down.you pee on your bed all the time and don't realise it and the rare day when you do realise what has happened to you, you beg god to end it."
Quentin Replies:
Hope, you missed a key part of the post: "The goal is to not only live for hundreds or thousands of years but to live in a healthy, active state - not in a debilitated, sickly stupor."
The key is that with this technology, if realized, you will remain healthy, of sound mind and sound body - even a younger body. Follow some of the links for more info on that or stayed tuned for Part II of Mouse Trap.
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Hope, you missed a key part of the post:
"The goal is to not only live for hundreds or thousands of years but to live in a healthy, active state - not in a debilitated, sickly stupor."
The key is that with this technology, if realized, you will remain healthy, of sound mind and sound body - even a younger body
Follow some of the links for more info on that or stayed tuned for Part II of Mouse Trap.
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"The goal is to not only live for hundreds or thousands of years but to live in a healthy, active state - not in a debilitated, sickly stupor."
The key is that with this technology, if realized, you will remain healthy, of sound mind and sound body - even a younger body
Follow some of the links for more info on that or stayed tuned for Part II of Mouse Trap.
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