[extropy-chat] Sci Am & Transhumanism

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> starman2100 at cableone.net

> The latest issue of Scientific American grabbed my attention due
> to the writings
> of both Michael Shermer and Dr. Nick Bostrom.  Shermer, who is
> known at times to
> be a critic of cryonics and transhumanism, mocked the idea that
> immortalists like
> Ray Kurzweil could really see a big life-extension payoff within
> their lifetimes.
>  I do agree with Shermer that mega-dosing on vitamins is not
> going to necessarily
> be that beneficial but he is really making things up as he goes
> along when he
> says "immortality is at least a millennium away, if not
> unattainable altogether!"
>  And I have to wonder if he meant true immortality or simply
> indefinite lifespan...

The beginnings of a discussion as to whether developing radical life
extension is easier than developing GAI - using the Shermer column as a
starting point - is here:

http://www.fightaging.org/archives/000528.php

Reason
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