Average Life Expectancy 1,000?

[Ant]

'We will be able to live to 1,000'
By Dr Aubrey de Grey
University of Cambridge 



Life expectancy is increasing in the developed world. But Cambridge University geneticist Aubrey de Grey believes it will soon extend dramatically to 1,000. Here, he explains why.
Ageing is a physical phenomenon happening to our bodies, so at some point in the future, as medicine becomes more and more powerful, we will inevitably be able to address ageing just as effectively as we address many diseases today.

I claim that we are close to that point because of the SENS (Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence) project to prevent and cure ageing.

It is not just an idea: it's a very detailed plan to repair all the types of molecular and cellular damage that happen to us over time.

And each method to do this is either already working in a preliminary form (in clinical trials) or is based on technologies that already exist and just need to be combined.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4003063.stm

[Trauma-san]

People don't die just because they get old, there's many other things that cause death, plus I believe a lifetime full of experiences has an effect on the mind, so it may be that a mind that has suffered a certain amount of trauma is ready to die anyways.  No pun intended. 

[Thirteen]

what he's saying is they will be able to stop cells from degenerating which will make dozens of people live longer

for a long time this will be something only availible for the super rich

so our future offspring years down the line can look forward to the olsen twins and paris hilton is what this article pretty much says

[Doggystylin]

who the fuck would want to live that long anyways? ughhh

[Rampant]

eh no thanks.

Smoking will kill me before i even get to 60 years old.

[Lincoln]

I'd love to live that long.

[white Boy]

eh no thanks.

Smoking will kill me before i even get to 60 years old.

damn.. thats a pessimistic view of the future.. me.. a smoker also.. im gonna live till im 150.. casue in 20 years ill replace all my organs

[Rampant]

eh no thanks.

Smoking will kill me before i even get to 60 years old.

damn.. thats a pessimistic view of the future.. me.. a smoker also.. im gonna live till im 150.. casue in 20 years ill replace all my organs

lol good luck with that one.

[Sikotic™]

If I knew I was going to live 1,000 years I would kill myself.

[rafsta]

damn thats a good post, i heard this shit on radio like 8 yrs ago, they think that its possibly to make ureself younger aswell, like go back to pre puberty and all that, crazy shit.... its all about some irreplacable cell dyin in ure body, which ages u obviously... cool shit...

[Don Seer]

its all about free radicals

[Ant]

^^ ya that is true lol... and i stopped taking antioxidants. thanks for the reminder

[Don Seer]

be warned.. Vitamin E in large doses fucks up your bones and makes them weak

[Trauma-san]

what he's saying is they will be able to stop cells from degenerating which will make dozens of people live longer

for a long time this will be something only availible for the super rich

so our future offspring years down the line can look forward to the olsen twins and paris hilton is what this article pretty much says

Well, thanks for trying, but I understood the article, yes. 

[Trauma-san]

its all about free radicals

Isn't that that cool ass band that sang that song that goes

"DONNNN... TT... STOP..... YA GOT THA MUSICCC IN YA.... DONNNN TT STOPPPP... YA GOT THA REASON TA LIVEEE"