[extropy-chat] James Hughes is not speaking in the name of WTA

[Jose Cordeiro]

James,
 
     Please, kindly remove your links and any association to the WTA in your personal comments to the Methuselah Prize. I don't personally care if you were an admirer of Karl Marx and if you consider Michael Harrington your political mentor, but those are certainly not the views of the WTA.
 
     This is the fifth time that I personally request you such a small change. Please, grow up and at least learn from Nick Bostrom, who even as the Chair of the WTA spoke on his own, under his name, and signed with his own web page.
 
     Sincerely yours,
 
     José Luis Cordeiro
 
http://www.methuselahfoundation.org/MMPDonors.asp?offset=75
World Transhumanist Association - James Hughes 
03 November 2003 
$25.00 
Why Did James Hughes Donate to the Methuselah Mouse Prize?  Hartford , CT
US "My mother died before she ever had a chance to meet her grandchildren. My father died when my son was one. When I look in my children's eyes I want to know them when they are old and wise, and I want to see what their children and their grandchildren accomplish. Some people think that the struggle for radical life extension is a selfish one, but I see it just the opposite. My political mentor, Michael Harrington, said that being a fighter for social justice was "long distance running." Michael died in 1989, before he could see the fall of the Berlin Wall, something
he had longed for his entire life. Like Michael, I want not only to live more life myself, but to see what becomes of this world and do what I can to build a better one. The Methusaleh Mouse prize is an initiative that may allow us all to meet our great-grandchildren and take responsibility for future generations and the future of the planet, since we will be there too."

-James Hughes
World Transhumanist Association 


 
http://www.methuselahfoundation.org/MMPDonors.asp?offset=30
Nick Bostrom 
19 November 2003 
$170.00 
Why Did Nick Bostrom Donate to the Methuselah Mouse Prize?  Oxford, 
GB One day a cure for aging will likely be found. At that point, the questions will be asked; "Could we not have made this happen sooner?" and "Why did hundreds of millions of people have to die prematurely and unnecessarily?" 

Personally, I do not want to be among those who did nothing. I want to be among those who shared the vision and who cared enough to contribute to its realization. And if it happens in our lifetime, how wonderful that would be!

The Methuselah Prize is a great idea. Science prizes have proved an effective funding method in the past. Starting with the mouse makes sense. If we can capture the public imagination, a vast multiplier effect will result. Hopefully, there will eventually be a large international project specifically targeted at finding ways to extend the human health span. Which is more exciting: the international space station or a cure for aging?

-Nick Bostrom
Website 


 
 



La vie est belle!

Yosé (www.cordeiro.org) 

Caracas, Venezuela, Americas, TerraNostra

		
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