[ExI] The "real" world

Stefano Vaj stefano.vaj at gmail.com
Thu Mar 25 15:47:15 UTC 2010


On 24 March 2010 17:40, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:
> 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?

What does "slowing the aging process" mean?

If I were to get cryosuspended one day a week, or to travel at a
relativist speed, indeed my aging process would be "slowed" for
outsiders, but the real point would be to live *more*, not just *at a
slower pace*, would it not?

Now, the suspect exists that even if some life-extending effects were
actually produced by CR, you would simply be trading duration of life
against intensity...

Would it really be such a big deal?

-- 
Stefano Vaj



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