[extropy-chat] A new life/health extension meme...

[Emlyn ORegan]

On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 21:58:49 -0700, Samantha Atkins <sjatkins at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 11:50:59 -0400, Chris Phoenix <cphoenix at crnano.org> wrote:
> >
> > I've found that when I talk about life extension, or even health
> > extension, people start reacting weirdly; they worry about Alzheimers,
> > or the meaning of life, or social justice, or boredom...
> >
> > I think I've come up with a way to introduce the topic without
> > triggering all that.
> >
> > "If they developed a pill that would make you five years younger for
> > each pill you took, how many of them would you take?"
> >
> 
> I would take 2 first to see if they worked as advertised and without
> bad effect.   If they had already been well-vetted I would skip this
> step.  Eventually I would take enough to have a 25 year old body.
> Presumably this treatment does not wipe out 5 years of knowledge for
> each 5 years of age it rolls back!

Well, uh, yeah it does. But there are always side effects. On the
brighter side, it gives you a really valid reason to blog!

-- 
Emlyn