Leo, what do you think about ending aging?

[tatsumaru]

@Leo Gura , you are probably aware of a person called Aubrey de Grey who is on a mission to find a way to repair the physiological damages caused by the natural metabolic processes also known as aging. He's a stage green/stage yellow who's thesis is that the human body can be maintained indefinitely as long as it can be continuously repaired just like a car. He's already received some significant funding and even helped develop some early treatments for various causes of aging.

His goal isn't immortality but simply to remove the suffering of decay and also to allow people to decide how long they want to live (it's not perfect of course, you still die if you are shot in the head).

What do you think about the whole idea? Even though there are hundreds of implications on the micro level (political, social, economic etc.) my intuition is that it is generally a good thing as it will allow many more people to realize their full potential in this dimension before they die.

Thanks.

[kinesin]

@tatsumaru  Imo, he's an individual who is latching onto truth with egoic motivations.  I believe that with or without people like Aubrey de Grey, the world is on course to eliminate physical ageing eventually regardless - I believe that is objective truth.  Aubrey, like many people, wants to live longer and to avoid his own individual pains and degeneration of ageing, and I think that's his real motivation.

As to whether the elimination of ageing is a 'good' thing or a 'bad' thing - I think the only fair thing to say is that it's a thing, like all things.  Good or bad are polarities to which all things are beholden, regardless of what they are.