private <private at private.com> wrote:
> This is a non technical question. I am guessing most of us here are
> interested in extending our own personal lifespans. I still have a
> nagging doubt about going into this field for my own personal reasons.
> I still don't know how to answer the criticisms such as why do you
> want to live forever, you don't really want to live forever, etc. Is
> my fear of death a justifiable reason to choose this field as my
> career?
I think so. Wouldn't fear of polio have been a sufficient reason
to become a researcher into the cure, before the vaccines? If you
view aging as simply another as-yet-uncured fatal disease, I think
not wanting to "catch" it is a great motivation for research!
> What do I say to people who suggest that I need to get over
> my fear of death instead?
Tell them you'll write nice speeches to deliver at their funerals.
"Although Joe Schmoe is no longer with us, I would like to
say how impressed I was at how he faced death with no fear ..."
Then after a suitable mourning period you can ask his daughter
out.
sherm
