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Post  Guest Sun Jan 11, 2015 5:39 pm

In Palo Alto in the heart of Silicon Valley, hedge fund manager Joon Yun is doing a back-of-the-envelope calculation. According to US social security data, he says, the probability of a 25-year-old dying before their 26th birthday is 0.1%. If we could keep that risk constant throughout life instead of it rising due to age-related disease, the average person would – statistically speaking – live 1,000 years. Yun finds the prospect tantalising and even believable. Late last year he launched a $1m prize challenging scientists to “hack the code of life” and push human lifespan past its apparent maximum of about 120 years (the longest known/confirmed lifespan was 122 years).
Yun believes it is possible to “solve ageing” and get people to live, healthily, more or less indefinitely. His Palo Alto Longevity Prize, which 15 scientific teams have so far entered, will be awarded in the first instance for restoring vitality and extending lifespan in mice by 50%. But Yun has deep pockets and expects to put up more money for progressively greater feats. He says this is a moral rather than personal quest. Our lives and society are troubled by growing numbers of loved ones lost to age-related disease and suffering extended periods of decrepitude, which is costing economies. Yun has an impressive list of nearly 50 advisers, including scientists from some of America’s top universities.


http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jan/11/-sp-live-forever-extend-life-calico-google-longevity


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Is this the way forward in a world where the populations are rising, which will in affect make worse?

I can only think of one group of people by extending their lives where it would be of benefit to humanity.

What do others think?

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Post  Guest Sun Jan 11, 2015 6:27 pm

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Post  Flap Zappa Sun Jan 11, 2015 6:31 pm

Phil Didge wrote:In Palo Alto in the heart of Silicon Valley, hedge fund manager Joon Yun is doing a back-of-the-envelope calculation. According to US social security data, he says, the probability of a 25-year-old dying before their 26th birthday is 0.1%. If we could keep that risk constant throughout life instead of it rising due to age-related disease, the average person would – statistically speaking – live 1,000 years. Yun finds the prospect tantalising and even believable. Late last year he launched a $1m prize challenging scientists to “hack the code of life” and push human lifespan past its apparent maximum of about 120 years (the longest known/confirmed lifespan was 122 years).
Yun believes it is possible to “solve ageing” and get people to live, healthily, more or less indefinitely. His Palo Alto Longevity Prize, which 15 scientific teams have so far entered, will be awarded in the first instance for restoring vitality and extending lifespan in mice by 50%. But Yun has deep pockets and expects to put up more money for progressively greater feats. He says this is a moral rather than personal quest. Our lives and society are troubled by growing numbers of loved ones lost to age-related disease and suffering extended periods of decrepitude, which is costing economies. Yun has an impressive list of nearly 50 advisers, including scientists from some of America’s top universities.


http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jan/11/-sp-live-forever-extend-life-calico-google-longevity


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Is this the way forward in a world where the populations are rising, which will in affect make worse?

I can only think of one group of people by extending their lives where it would be of benefit to humanity.

What do others think?
if people want to do that then they will also need to ensure that birth rates plummet
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Post  Guest Sun Jan 11, 2015 6:33 pm

Jock McFlap wrote:
if people want to do that then they will also need to ensure that birth rates plummet



I do not think it is practical except for geniuses who can benefit society, hey have more time to bring forth many aspects that could help society.

To live an extra 20 to 40 years for me is of little benefit, but agree as stated you need to sort out the population rises,

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Post  nicko Sun Jan 11, 2015 7:16 pm

That's great,  if the owners are sure she's not in pain.
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Post  nicko Sun Jan 11, 2015 7:26 pm

All the pussies I used to know are dead or dried up!
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Post  Flap Zappa Sun Jan 11, 2015 10:14 pm

Phil Didge wrote:
Jock McFlap wrote:
if people want to do that then they will also need to ensure that birth rates plummet



I do not think it is practical except for geniuses who can benefit society, hey have more time to bring forth many aspects that could help society.

To live an extra 20 to 40 years for me is of little benefit, but agree as stated you need to sort out the population rises,
if people live for a thousand years then births would have to be few and far between. We die off for a reason.
Its quality of life that counts, not quantity
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Post  Guest Mon Jan 12, 2015 5:50 am

Jock McFlap wrote:
if people live for a thousand years then births would have to be few and far between. We die off for a reason.
Its quality of life that counts, not quantity



Did you seriously just write that?
wow
So to you each and every birth in quantity is not a quality of life to each and everyone?
Please explain that gobbledygook?

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