Posted on 07/06/2011 2:32:15 AM PDT by Windflier
LONDON (Reuters) - If Aubrey de Grey's predictions are right, the first person who will live to see their 150th birthday has already been born. And the first person to live for 1,000 years could be less than 20 years younger.
A biomedical gerontologist and chief scientist of a foundation dedicated to longevity research, de Grey reckons that within his own lifetime doctors could have all the tools they need to "cure" aging -- banishing diseases that come with it and extending life indefinitely.
"I'd say we have a 50/50 chance of bringing aging under what I'd call a decisive level of medical control within the next 25 years or so," de Grey said in an interview before delivering a lecture at Britain's Royal Institution academy of science.
"And what I mean by decisive is the same sort of medical control that we have over most infectious diseases today."
De Grey sees a time when people will go to their doctors for regular "maintenance," which by then will include gene therapies, stem cell therapies, immune stimulation and a range of other advanced medical techniques to keep them in good shape.
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The First Immortal.
The only downside would be that the person must chase others around the world for centuries, sword in hand.
And the words “Till death do you part” may give pause for many.
On the plus side, you’d be able to serve several consecutive 99 year terms, and only be a few hundred years or so old when you get out.
And those 23% interest credit cards that take 150 years to pay off? No problem!
They might be able to pay off their share of the national debt..............
Supposedly, Noah was already 600 years old at the time of the flood and he lived 350 years after that. Grandpa Munster was almost 400 years old before The Munsters TV sitcom was cancelled, Santa Claus is said to be around 600...
Many years ago a gifted person who has a known reputation of prophesy or rather the ability to see another persons future predicted I will die when I am 55.
My 55th birthday will be Dec 4 this year.
And its been kinda weird because I get these images of a “disconnect” like when you turn off an appliance or shutdown a puter. And I have no motivation to buy anything of a long term value or investment and my work season has been the best in almost ten years, I am actually taking home over $1100 a week as a concrete mixer driver.
I see all these little things, even my philosophy seems to be changing, I honestly feel that the Lord may be making a decision and I have absolutely no control at all.
And these people honestly think they can give God the proverbial finger? The Lord will say when and how long we live, anything else will just be something else,what I cannot describe.
Man says they can cure aging.
The God of heaven says:
“It is appointed unto man once to die and after that the judgement.” Heb 9:7
“The foolishness of God is wiser than the wisdom of man.” I Cor 1:25
I think I’ll stick with God’s plan.
To quote the late, great Will Cuppy, “I can see it now. They’ll be just about finished lowering my casket into the ground, when some damn fool will rush in saying, “Eureka! We’ve found the cure for death!””
I take that to mean: If ‘only the good die young’ this world is going to be filled with really bad, really old criminals;)
Those that say they can prolong life is one thing, but there will also be those with their hands on a switch to end it, even if its done by a remote implant.
Anyone who has the advantage of a longer life span will also be subject to others that control the means to keep it thus so.
And obviously this will only apply to the very rich or politically powerful people on earth.
When planet earth only had less than a million humans God gave us hundreds of years of life, the more populated the planet becomes the less we will have in the future.
Unless we leave the planet.
I raised some turtles years ago, they poop a lot and I had to continuously change their tank water.
I tried feeding them goldfish, any goldfish only grows as big as its surroundings, when the goldfish lived off the high protein turtle food and the daily change of tank water, well to them it was paradise and in short order they actually grew larger than the turtles.
I tend to believe the human race is much the same.
Great, now the Obama and the democrats will extend unemployment to 99,999 weeks.....
Why not? taxpayers will have a lifetime to pay it off....
Oh boy! Imagine the people looking forward to a couple of hundred years living on Social Security ‘benefits’!
This guy is full of crap. They can’t even cure cancer, and he is speaking of immortality.
Call me back if they cure Chavez of Colo-rectal cancer.
“Many years ago a gifted person who has a known reputation of prophesy or rather the ability to see another persons future predicted I will die when I am 55...The Lord will say when and how long we live, anything else will just be something else”
You cannot serve two masters, Eye, either you serve the Lord and know that the occult is ungodly or you serve the devil and let charlatans influence your life. Having someone predict your future is not for Christians, but for heathens. Put your absolute faith in Jesus Christ who despises these mockers.
I’m moving my entire portfolio into Depends futures.
So... they’d be eligible for social security retirement at what.... nine hundred sixty-four years?
No, thank you!
Your forward thinking is a little, well, behind. ;-)
Living 900 years would create a lot of problems and issues.
-Eeyore.
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