TEDTalks: Aubrey de Grey (2005)

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http://www.ted.com Aubrey de Grey, British biogerontologist and founder of SENS, controversially claims to have created a roadmap to defeat biological aging. In this talk, he argues that aging - like other diseases - can be cured, and that humans can live for centuries, if only we approach the aging process as "an engineering problem." (Recorded July 2005 in Oxford, UK. Duration: 23:31)

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Uploaded: January 16, 2007 at 7:44 am
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ETsubversion (Sunday 27th of July 2008 04:49:37 PM)
Aubrey rule
orlando098 (Thursday 17th of July 2008 01:34:52 PM)
you condemn children not to be born every time you use a condom - or perhaps you are a strict Catholic?
TingTang1234567 (Thursday 17th of July 2008 01:47:27 PM)
Moi? Catholic? Non. Like any sane man I am prepared to admit fault or error in reasoning. My argument about 'condemning children never to be born' is weak and I will concede that ON THAT POINT I was wrong. However I do still think de Grays' work (Or his sucess if he attains it) would be ultimately harmful to humanity. I've been meaning to make a video to express my thoughts on this and you have reminded me, thank you :)
Delta0prative (Tuesday 15th of July 2008 03:30:09 AM)
Science is the key...
conillusionist (Friday 4th of July 2008 09:59:24 PM)
Aubrey you rock!
MellumFellum (Monday 30th of June 2008 11:28:11 AM)
Trying to make individual humans immortal, rather than focusing on extending the survival of the species as a whole, is unrealistic and betrays a desperate selfishness. I agree that the "hypothetical children" argument is awful, but the point stands that fixating upon increasing our own lifespans would decrease our species' long-term survival chances by making the gene pool static. Someday that may not be so, but for now we need the diversity which new generations of humans foster.
aylusarn (Wednesday 2nd of July 2008 06:42:16 PM)
You have a good point, but I think the notion that our species' long term survival is going to be a function of continued genetic adaptation or diversity is suspect. A strong case can be made that technological development is going to eclipse further pure biological evolution as a means for improving the species.
conillusionist (Friday 4th of July 2008 10:33:35 PM)
if you are so worried about gene pool, I think technological and biological advancements can take care of that in the next couple hundreds of years or so. And if you are so opposed to longevity, I hope you die as you wish, for the rest of us, I choose to be optimistic.
FmmpbBC (Sunday 13th of July 2008 10:23:42 AM)
Uncle Joe? Is that you?
JumpDeluxe (Saturday 28th of June 2008 03:33:29 AM)
If I can remember correctly, his wife just love beards..;) Just a pure act out of love for his wife, has little to do with his credibility if you ask me.