One of Those Days
April 23rd, 2008 by Richard Leis, Jr.Tuesday, April 22, 2008 was one of those days, one of those exciting days where life extension was in the news and an h+ club member had a chance to participate in the larger movement.
Life Extension on MSNBC
MSNBC's front page feature was "Longevity quest moves slowly from lab to life". Subtitled "Don't bank on anti-aging pills anytime soon — unless you're a worm", the article surveyed the current state of research into aging and possible solutions. The skepticism provided was mostly about when these technologies would become available for humans.
Reporters have been using centenarians as their angle in recent articles and television programs about longevity and this development is wonderful. This is the soft, humane, and friendly side of radical life extension discourse that until now seemed to be predominated by ethical debates and criticism.
GlaxoSmithKline to acquire Sirtris Pharmaceuticals
News broke on Tuesday that GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to acquire Sirtris Pharmaceuticals for US$22.00 per share (approximately US$720 million total.) Sirtris Pharmaceuticals was recently highlighted on the Barbara Walters' ABC News special "Live to 150, Can You Do It?" for their research into resveratrol and related compounds that may offer the health and life extension benefits of calorie restriction without the painful dieting.
Simone Syed on MIT Radio
Simone Syed, h+ Tucson President, called into MIT's WMBR radio station during the "DJ Awesome & the Wonder Friends" show with guest host Luke Griffiths. Luke's topic was the Technological Singularity, and Simone brought some much needed clarity and respectability to the proceedings after a rather bizarre rant by the first caller. Luke and Simone discussed definitions, transhumanism, and the timing of the Technological Singularity and mind uploading. Later callers included Yonah Berwaldt, past CFO of the Stanford Transhumanist Association and volunteer at Singularity Summit 2007.
The show has already been archived: [Streaming M3U format] Tue Apr 22 06:00 pm.
April 23rd, 2008 at 5:12 pm
I watched the ABC show “Live to 150 ,,, Can You Do It” and I enjoyed it. However I was a little disappointed that they did not talk about anyone who had already lived past 150 years. I have researched people who had lived 150 years or more, such as Li Ching Yun, who died in 1933 at the age of 256 years. As I was researching these supercentenarians, I came across a few of these people that are still alive today that have surpassed 150 years. Of these incredible people, my focus is now on a living, breathing immortal whom I fully believe is nearly 2,800 years old.
My intentions was to find out how these amazing people survive for so many years. I fully believed that if we could model the lifestyle of these supercentenarians, we too could live a much longer and healthier life style. I have summarized what I have found on my main blog: Ben-Abba.com which I intent to publish starting with my first book: “Secrets of an Immortal - An Eyewitness Account of 2,800 Years of History”.
April 23rd, 2008 at 10:54 pm
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April 23rd, 2008 at 10:55 pm
I responded to the above comment with the following: “Pseudoscience at the Fringe“