Radical Life Extension

[joreth]

There are a lot of misconceptions about what that phrase means. Mostly, it gets confused with "immortality" in the fictional, supernatural sense. Radical life extension, often shortened to "immortality", is medically preventing aging and making death optional. This does not mean "immortal" in the comic book sense. It means extending life. And, by

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[datan0de]

If I'd had this essay to link to a couple of years ago I think that FF333 never would've blocked me. You've perfectly addressed the very objections he had, in a way that couldn't be done in 140 character chunks.

[joreth]

aww, thank you. It's entirely possible that exchange is responsible for this essay. It was sitting around in my "pending essays" folder, but I don't know for how long. I only now got around to posting it. I have about a dozen more waiting to be posted.