Hi Toby,
I have crossposted this to sci.life-extension because that group is much
more active and you are far more likely to get helpful replies there.
Good luck.
--Paul Wakfer
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Reality based tools for more life in quantity and quality
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Toby wrote:
> Hello everyone, I'm new here on this group, but I've been interested
> in life extension for about 3 years now.
>> I have unusual reasons for being interested in life extension. I am 22
> (nearly 23), male, Australian and have cerebral palsy and associated
> disabilities. What started as an interest in living until my
> disabilities could be treated and living a long healthy life
> thereafter has developed into a desire to see mammalian aging, at
> least, understood and acted upon in my lifetime.
>> Some points my Mum makes to oppose life extension:
>> "The world is overcrowded already." (Counter: Shortages are regional
> not global and will not always be a problem."
>> "A body that old would get worn out. (Counter: Isn't life extension
> about reversing and stopping ageing? Would nobody, except by choice,
> get old?)
>> "It won't happen in our lifetime" (Counter: Don't have one! :-) )
>>> Thanks everyone, please respond
>> Yours sincerely
> Toby
>
