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> ask about why we want to live a long time.

That seems an odd thing to have to explain. Life is good, no?

> On Jun 15, 2023, at 11:51 AM, Keith Henson via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> 
> Tue at a zoom meeting we were discussing that Ray Kurzweil now
> predicts the possibility of immortality by 2030, people took me (and
> the other cryonicists there) to
> task about why we want to live a long time.
> 
> Here is a good reason, I don’t think we can figure out what is going
> on at Tabby’s Star without going there. It’s 1470 light years distant
> and
> 
> “Now, a new astronomical paper published on the prepublication science
> site Arxiv.org says KIC 8462852 is not alone.
> 
> “In fact, it may be just one of a tight cluster of some 15 stars that
> show the same bewildering changes in brightness.”
> 
> https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/tabbys-star-may-not-be-alone-as-study-finds-cluster-of-pulsating-stars/46ITNS5IJAQP444XEDA4YI7POY/
> 
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Keith
> 
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