[ExI] The "real" world

[Lee Corbin]

Spike writes

> So now this is my thought experiment: if one became convinced that moderate
> CR would slow the aging process 10 to 20 percent, and the only way you could
> do moderate CR is to surgically switch off the taste sense, would you do it?
> 
> For the purposes of this thought experiment, let us simplify and sweeten the
> deal by optimistically assuming 20% life extention (I actually think it is
> lower than that for modern western humans).  Imagine that the ordinary life
> expectancy is 80 years, so you would subtract your current age from 80 and
> divide by 5 to get the number of years you would add to your life.  Imagine
> that you can switch off your gustatory sense, so all your food cravings go
> away: any food is pretty much the same as any other.
> 
> Assuming Obamacare pays for the surgery, do you do it?  If it is reversible
> would you try it?

Sounds like a no-brainer to me. Surely only those who live to
eat (which is one valid choice) would demur. I couldn't blame
a an extreme epicure who's chief pleasure in life is eating
to prefer a few decades of meaningful life over a meaningless
immortal one without pleasure.

Lee