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Peter Thiel: the billionaire tech entrepreneur on a mission to cheat death
telegraph.co.uk ^ | Sept 21, 2014 | Mick Brown

Posted on 09/21/2014 10:33:15 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey

The co-founder of PayPal and likely the most successful venture capitalist in Silicon Valley is on a mission to change the world through technology – and to find a cure for death

An hour into my conversation with Peter Thiel the conversation turns, as it seems conversations with Thiel often do, to the question of death. ‘Basically,’ Thiel says earnestly, ‘I’m against it.

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KEYWORDS: homofascism; peterthiel; utopianfantasy
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To: MeshugeMikey

this is not new news ....a way to defeat death was arrived at long ago : “ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” - John 3:16

and about Mr. Thiel : Luke 18:25

Can’t buy it sir .....


21 posted on 09/21/2014 11:20:45 AM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: MeshugeMikey
Mr. Peter Thiel, meet Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel. (Yes, Rahm's brother. The brother who gave us Obamacare!)

You have a duty to make your exit before your time. For the good of the Obamanation collective.

22 posted on 09/21/2014 11:21:59 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
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To: Sooth2222

how odd it is that those on the extreme left want to eradicate a third of the human race....for the good of “the planet”....while extending life....or in this clown’s case.... eliminating death....


23 posted on 09/21/2014 11:23:40 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey (Please RESIGN Mr. President Its the RIGHT thing to do_RETIRE THE REGIME!)
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To: LeoWindhorse

Thank You!


24 posted on 09/21/2014 11:24:10 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey (Please RESIGN Mr. President Its the RIGHT thing to do_RETIRE THE REGIME!)
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To: ruesrose

Thank you, and bless you.


25 posted on 09/21/2014 11:26:46 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do "something")
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To: Clump

“the fallen human nature to never have enough money, time, etc.”

imagine living in this ever declining broken world..for another hundred years?

what sort of bizarre barbarism will be the norm in 2114??


26 posted on 09/21/2014 11:26:59 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey (Please RESIGN Mr. President Its the RIGHT thing to do_RETIRE THE REGIME!)
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To: jjotto

well thats a good thing.

may he continue to do so in good health.


27 posted on 09/21/2014 11:27:40 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey (Please RESIGN Mr. President Its the RIGHT thing to do_RETIRE THE REGIME!)
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To: PeterPrinciple
ahaha the last what six years?? is that all that its bee that wever been TOLERATING the Great Leader makes time almost seem to go backwards....

Imagine another FIFTY years of listening to this JERK???


28 posted on 09/21/2014 11:29:44 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey (Please RESIGN Mr. President Its the RIGHT thing to do_RETIRE THE REGIME!)
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To: MeshugeMikey; doug from upland

I feel a song coming on.
...........
tune of: Swing on a star
...........

Would you... like to float in a jar
carry my brain around even to a bar?
I’d be better off than you are
or would you rather be a corpse?

A corpse is a dead person with long curly finger nail
Lifeless in every way, turning to dust
buried far beneath the ground, closer to hell
No thoughts, not even access to the net

or would you rather sing while floating in a jar
I’d be connected straight to the web
I wouldn’t even have the need for a bed


29 posted on 09/21/2014 11:38:06 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: MeshugeMikey

The guy who had the styrofoam cup company tried to do the same kind of thing. He wanted to keep his brain alive in a jar if he could.


30 posted on 09/21/2014 11:38:54 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: reg45

It’s somewhat alarming to ponder just how a baby would form in the womb, let alone grow through childhood and into adulthood in zero gravity. Spidery limbs, generally weak and wan but with a big head, probably. Sounds familiar, lol.


31 posted on 09/21/2014 11:41:47 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: MeshugeMikey

That reminds me “the Strain “ is on tonight.


32 posted on 09/21/2014 11:45:03 AM PDT by ncalburt ( Amnesty-media out in full force)
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To: RegulatorCountry

You have been watching too many space alien movies. LOL!


33 posted on 09/21/2014 12:11:08 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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To: reg45
An extended lifespan will be useful for interstellar space travel. If the voyage to a star takes two hundred years, it would be good if some of the passengers who embarked could actually finish the journey - not just their great-great-grandchildren.

If you remember Genesis, the early people had extended lifespans, right up until the flood. Something changed then that put a hard limit on the normal life expectancy.

If someone could unwind what happened, they could compensate for it possibly. It would be an interesting problem to try and unravel.

34 posted on 09/21/2014 12:19:55 PM PDT by marron
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To: MeshugeMikey
can anybody say "more money than brains"?

I'm not going to say it because after reading the entire article, I find the title is misleading........

Thiel is definitely a visionary with the personal finances and the companies he is affiliated with that have the abilities to prolong life......

He's not a fanatic about cheating death but rather funding the technology required to explore the process and develop the means to prolong it.

With technology growing exponentially, one can't even imagine what his investments will spawn over the next 50 years in the simple attempt to cheat death.....

When one looks at the communications industry and everything that branched off from it, you can't forget the famous line that launched it all:

""Mr. Watson--come here--I want to see you."

Kudos to Mr. Thiel.........

35 posted on 09/21/2014 12:51:17 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Don't harsh my buzz homie......)
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To: marron
Thiel wants to crack the aging code.

This is, for me, very cool.

ME TOO! And as I stated in my previous post, it's much more than that, it's the offspring or unintended discoveries that will truly advance mankind..........

36 posted on 09/21/2014 12:55:28 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Don't harsh my buzz homie......)
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To: LeoWindhorse

EXCELLENT COMMENT!


37 posted on 09/21/2014 1:36:47 PM PDT by buffyt
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To: MeshugeMikey
Valar morghulis translates to "all men must die" in High Valyrian. It is a customary saying in Essos, and is traditionally answered with "valar dohaeris."

- A Song Of Ice And Fire

38 posted on 09/21/2014 1:38:27 PM PDT by kiryandil (making the jests that some FReepers aren't allowed to...)
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To: Sooth2222

I looked it up, he looks way older than 75 already. I would guess his age at 80 or older. He looks really bad and really old.


39 posted on 09/21/2014 1:40:24 PM PDT by buffyt
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To: Sooth2222

Ezekiel Emanuel, WHY WAIT? GO NOW!


40 posted on 09/21/2014 1:40:46 PM PDT by buffyt
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