Miller Quarles is a brilliant man who gets the publicity he deserves. He
has received international publicity in the fields of geology, physical
fitness, and gerontology.
Mr. Quarles has the ability to produce or discover elements that no other
person could do. He was appropriately recognized for this, both with
media publicity and also financial reward and above all, personal
satisfaction.
*How many scientists have spent their lifetime seeking the fame
that comes with discoveries and found themselves lucky enough to get
published in a small technical journal?
Miller enlightened the world's oil industry with his discoveries.
He inspires the elderly community with his physical accomplishments and
fitness at the age of 80+.
His $50,000 seed investment in anti-aging research resulted in a $70 million
corporation.
*How many of us can match such success?
Miller Quarles is intoxicated with life. He is fulfilled, self
actualized, successful in professional and personal life and sees no reason
to abandon a good thing because 'flat-world' pessimists say aging can't
be arrested.
Miller's quest for publicity is not a personal gratification or ego trip,
but an attempt to get people involved in the activity of encouraging and
supporting anti-aging research.
Quarles' promotion of a possible cure for old age gives people hope. His
attitude combats the defeatist attitude that 'since we are all going to
die in a few years, why take care of our bodies anyway?'
With hope for an extra 100 years, people can get new motivation to live
safe, healthy, coping lifestyles because they just might get to keep
their bodies a lot longer than they are conditioned to believe.
Miller Quarles is not a snake-oil salesman with fictional money-making
schemes. He is a realist who chooses to believe that the end is not in sight.
Actually, it is liberating, to think that we may get an extra hundred
years. We begin to value our own lives more and respect others' lives.
Just the notion of such extension can make each present moment much more
alive today.
Don Ashley, Houston
On Mon, 5 Feb
1996, S. Jay Olshansky SOlshansky wrote:
> >Subject: Re: Quarles article
> >
> >Deck and other readers:
> > First, thanks for taking the time to type in the article on Mr. Quarles.
> > I certainly appreciated it.
> > Mr. Quarles is a delightful man who is sincere in his belief that he has
> >come upon a cure for aging. I do not want to detract from his enthusiasm
> for
> >aging research because I share it. However,
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