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[DarthWoo]

I saw this news story posted on another forum, and it seems to be posted on BBC news, so it's not immediately a crock. However, looking at the guy in the picture reminds me quite a bit of Rael.

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

Aubrey de Grey: "The first person to live to 1,000 might be 60 already"
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.

I'm not sure whether we're supposed to post full news articles, but there's the first paragraph. Personally, 1000 years seems a bit too long, unless we ever got rid of this crappy system of working to live. On the other hand, if I won a few dozen million dollars in the lottery, it might not be so bad...

 

[Jim Bowie]

Jesus, this is so old. This was in a Time magazine a year or two ago, and he really hasn't said anything new.

 

[Loki]

1000 years? Pffft-- the Sumerian kings used to live to 20K+ years of age. To this geneticist I say: come correct, or don't come at all!

 

[Manabanana]

I'd happily live 1000+ years ONLY if I could be a vampire.

 

[Socreges]

Yes. Just as long as my body/mind didn't deteriorate to the point where I'd be unhappy.

The most obvious answer, I guess.

 

[jiggle]

Nope. Once(and if) I hit 100, I'll be ready to reincarnate.

 

[NLB2]

The genetisist:

 

[DarthWoo]

The genetisist:

Now that I see the picture without all that text surrounding it, this guy instead makes me think of Seth Green, and more specifically, an older Scott Evil. Anyone else agree?

 

[LakeEarth]

If they figure the technology on keeping our head's living for all eternity, count me in.

 

[impirius]

I figure God has the apocalypse, etc. all lined up to happen right after we figure out how to dramatically extend our lifespans. Y'know, just to be funny.

 

[Late Stage Marxist]

The genetisist:

Imagine this beard 900+ years from now.

 

[DarthWoo]

If they figure the technology on keeping our head's living for all eternity, count me in.

"As a head without a body, I envy the dead."

 

[Mermandala]

Imagine this beard 900+ years from now.

:lol I doubt he'll change his shirt either.

 

[AntoneM]

He must have read Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy recently.

---edit---
and yes, I would need to live 1000+ years if I was to ever achieve my dream of breaking Wilt Chamberlain's record, his sex record.

 

[mattx5]

There are already people living who are over 1000 years old. They live high in the mountains of Asia.....

 

[cvxfreak]

I think I'd get bored by 550.

 

[Chony]

I could procastinate so much more, plus I could see the Playstation 95 and the Gamecube 103 and xbox 4.

 

[BigJonsson]

Hell yea

 

[Fresh Prince]

<Insert self-deragotory remark since Demon or Boogie haven't shown up >
Maybe I can get laid by then?

 

[Boogie]

<Insert self-deragotory remark since Demon or Boogie haven't shown up >
Maybe I can get laid by then?

Ooh, hadn't even thought of that angle.

demon's well on his way to scoring some forbidden poon though, methinks.

 

[DarthWoo]

Like I noted in my first post, it sucks enough to have a dead-end job for just a few years or decades, but just imagine if you were stuck in one for a thousand years!

 

[Fresh Prince]

Ooh, hadn't even thought of that angle.

demon's well on his way to scoring some forbidden poon though, methinks.

Good on him- Tally hoe!

 

[ElyrionX]

Well, THEN WE CAN ALL LIVE LIKE ELVES DO!!!!

 

[Aurum]

The global overpopulation issues that would come up if everyone had the option of living to age 1000 are mind-boggling.

 

[Jak140]

If this ever came to fruition, I'd forsee a death lottery for everyone over 100. Or how about periodic controlled releases of terminal diseases? Sounds fun, I can't wait.

 

[MetatronM]

The global overpopulation issues that would come up if everyone had the option of living to age 1000 are mind-boggling.

That's why we would use babies for sustenance, ensuring that the noble cow never goes extinct.

 

[DopeyFish]

Thinking of macking on 18 year olds when i'm 75... let alone 750... doesn't sound so right

 

[fse]

There are already people living who are over 1000 years old. They live high in the mountains of Asia.....

???

 

[madara]

ROFL. I havent laughed so hard in longtime. This is worse then Hubbard novel, keep dreaming.

 

[Ghost]

AWESOME!

I can live out my feeble existance FOR EVER!


HORAY!




/me slits wrists

 

[Scrow]

i'd completely re-invent myself every 100 years. Cut all ties with people I know and live out an entirely new existence for 100 years.

 

[pestul]

Well, you'd certainly have to cut alcohol out, or you'd be a vegetable by 150yrs anyway..

 

[McLesterolBeast]

Even if they could counteract the genetic decomposition (or whatever), i would think that figure is far higher than the reality of it.

you have a risk of dying in the next year of well under one in 1,000, which means that if you stayed that way forever you would have a 50/50 chance of living to over 1,000.

There're plenty of ailments that gradually add up, with respect to how they effect the body... that aren't related to old age. Dying of those when you're young is highly improbable (see: lung cancer from smoking). If you were to keep it up for 120 years, even without deteriorating health from old age, it's highly probable that you'll develop some form of cancer.

 

[pestul]

Even if they could counteract the genetic decomposition (or whatever), i would think that figure is far higher than the reality of it.



There're plenty of ailments that gradually add up, with respect to how they effect the body... that aren't related to old age. Dying of those when you're young is highly improbable (see: lung cancer from smoking). If you were to keep it up for 120 years, even without deteriorating health from old age, it's highly probable that you'll develop some form of cancer.

I'm pretty sure that's one of the defects that they're working on averting or else the plan would never fly..

 

[swoon]

i'd want to live forever, baby.

 

[Zaptruder]

Even if they could counteract the genetic decomposition (or whatever), i would think that figure is far higher than the reality of it.



There're plenty of ailments that gradually add up, with respect to how they effect the body... that aren't related to old age. Dying of those when you're young is highly improbable (see: lung cancer from smoking). If you were to keep it up for 120 years, even without deteriorating health from old age, it's highly probable that you'll develop some form of cancer.

But a youthful body is more able to counteract the toxins in the body that cause the mutations of the cells in the first place.

Back on topic, 1000 years I think would be the perfect length of time to live if you asked for it from a wish (i.e. it was limited to only you or only very few select individuals). On a global scale, it'd be fucking insane.

 

[Kuro Madoushi]

1000 years eh?

That'd be great! I'd be able to play the next 2 Working Designs releases!

 

[Firest0rm]

Man did not invent fire.