[extropy-chat] ILE: life just got a little more complicated

[Paul Grant]

I've spent a lot of time thinking about this.
You don't need an island. You need a boat.
Yup, thats right, a boat.  According to maritime
law, you are under the laws of the registering nation
when you are at sea (and protection, ostensibly).
So pick a country that hasn't passed any laws against
whatever you want, get a citizen from there, have him
register a boat in his name, and float the boat 15 miles
off any coast you like.

There is also some interesting case law regarding the formation
of nation-states :)

omard-out




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Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 1:26 PM
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Can we get together and buy an island to do all this research on?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Reason" <reason at exratio.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 12:40 AM
Subject: RE: [extropy-chat] ILE: life just got a little more complicated


>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org
> > [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org]On Behalf Of Robert 
> > J.
> Bradbury
>
> > Terminology:
> > ILE: Indefinite Lifespan Extension -- preferable to "IMMORTALITY" 
> > because IMMORTALITY can take too many hits based on the physics of 
> > the universe.  (Protons decaying, expansion accelerating, black 
> > holes consuming everything else, yada yada yada...).
> >
> > Ok, now one of the serious questions that people should
> > be concerned with with respect to ILE is precisely *how*
> > do I get my cake.  For those of us on the upside end of
> > 40, or perhaps 30, cryonics enters into the equation.
> >
> > *But* as some of us know cryonics becomes pretty *iffy*
> > if the legal authorities stick their fingers into the works. (Cases 
> > in point range from the current situation regarding the Martinot's 
> > in France to the case of Dora Kent in the past.)
>
> I think I would go so far as to say that the entirety of the "cake or 
> not" question revolves around government interference. My take is that

> we're probably 30 years away from the start of aging as a chronic but 
> controlled condition, *IF* there are clear skies and freedom for 
> fundraising,
activism,
> education and research. There are no show-stopping hurdles beyond a 
> lot of work and a lot of money - exactly the same thing that could 
> have been said about cancer 30 years ago.
>
> This time could easily double if politicians and anti-progress forces
really
> dig in and fight seriously to halt medical progress towards 
> ILE...which
they
> show all the signs of doing. Already, scientific progress in 
> regenerative medicine is far behind where it could have been.
>
> Reason
> http://www.exratio.com
>
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