Друзья!  Уважаемые сторонники движения за радикальное продления жизни! Если мы сами, не поддерживаем движение, то и другие не будут. Если мы проявим активность участвуя сообща в распространение идей радикального продления жизни, то и другие присоединятся. Фонд “Наука за продление жизни” имеет большой опыт организации проектов для нашего движения. ( Read more... )

Cross-posted from xuenay.

One of the most common objections against the prospect of radical life extension (RLE) is that of overpopulation. Suppose everyone got to enjoy from an eternal physical youth, free from age-related decay. No doubt people would want to have children regardless. With far more births than deaths, wouldn't the Earth quickly become ( Read more... )

Но не все это понимают ( Read more... )

Фонд "Наука  за продление жизни" сделал Обзор исследований в области биологии старения. Спасибо Александру Чикунову Президенту "Группы Росток" за финансирование данной работы. Фонд продолжает сбор информации и её классификацию в данном направлении. Приглашаем специалистов к сотрудничеству.


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YouTube and the World Economic Forum are opening the doors to Davos to provide unique access for an individual to elevate a worthy and important cause. 'The Davos Debates' are an opportunity to engage and debate with the world's leaders, and join them on stage for a special panel to help pitch your cause to the world. Russian immortalists («Science ( Read more... )

There is a defective gene that is common to all humans. It is the 5-ht2a receptor gene. The 5-ht2a receptor is a serotonin receptor in the brain. The 5-ht2a gene has a promoter region which causes it to be expressed in the brain in response to testosterone, which binds to receptors on a neuron's nuclear membrane. The 5-ht2a receptor is responsible ( Read more... )

Why does it matter whether a thing "makes us human" or not? What are the salient consequences to the proffered answers to the "debates" over whether any given modifications or other interventions make us human, not human, "inhuman", more humane, or "less" human ( Read more... )

I hope it's appropriate to ask this ( Read more... )

Cross-posted to xuenay.

A colleague's posting on the Finnish Transhumanist Association's mailing list made me think about a phenomenon I've observed both in myself and several others, but never thought about so explicitly. I call it the Excitement-Disillusionment-Reorientation cycle of online transhumanism.

The excitement phase is when you first ( Read more... )

There's an ongoing discussion on Reddit which has reeled in a lot of comments. Take a look. It is essentially the age-old conflict between those who want to cure aging and those who think aging is good, our lifespans are enough, we must all die to make room for our children, etc ( Read more... )