Very old people

[Jackalope]

Somewhere, Keith Richards is chuckling quietly to himself.

Keith Richards was replaced by a replicant in 1973, duh.

[Jackalope]

Lemme tell ya.... old ain't what its cracked up to be.

Even middle age isn't.

[Excited Penguin]

For those of you that wonder whether they'd like to live much longer than they normally would, watch the first part of this Ted Talk( first 5 minutes or so).

https://www.ted.com/talks/aubrey_de_grey...anguage=en#

[Whateverist]

For those of you that wonder whether they'd like to live much longer than they normally would, watch the first part of this Ted Talk( first 5 minutes or so).

https://www.ted.com/talks/aubrey_de_grey...anguage=en#

I made it through the first 4+ minutes but didn't like the way he spoke or simplistic arguments.  This guy and others are dedicated to eating like a rabbit in order to push the barrier out a few years.  Meh.

[Thumpalumpacus]

Somewhere, Keith Richards is chuckling quietly to himself.

Keith Richards was replaced by a replicant in 1973, duh.

... and when said replicant died in 88, Keith figured no one could do him like him ...

[Excited Penguin]

For those of you that wonder whether they'd like to live much longer than they normally would, watch the first part of this Ted Talk( first 5 minutes or so).

https://www.ted.com/talks/aubrey_de_grey...anguage=en#

I made it through the first 4+ minutes but didn't like the way he spoke or simplistic arguments.  This guy and others are dedicated to eating like a rabbit in order to push the barrier out a few years.  Meh.

No, he's a scientist working on reversing aging.

[Whateverist]

Yeah, I got that. But the reason he is so thin is he is trying to eat a diet he thinks will help thwart aging. Read about this guy elsewhere. Either that or I'm mixing him up with someone else.

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For those of you that wonder whether they'd like to live much longer than they normally would, watch the first part of this Ted Talk( first 5 minutes or so).

https://www.ted.com/talks/aubrey_de_grey...anguage=en#

Looks like he needs a shower.

[Fake Messiah]

I dunno... wouldn't carbon dating give us an accurate age on Li, or is carbon dating only an estimate?

Carbon dating can only determine when something died. Because as you are alive you absorb carbon by mostly eating it from plants (or eating animals that eat plants) that absorb it from air. Small percent of carbon is radioactive and called Carbon-14. It gets radioactive when cosmic rays hit carbon in the air, so when somebody or something dies it has an exact percentage of Carbon-14 in it that decomposes within few thousand years. With years becoming less and less, so if something died 2000 years ago will have much less Carbon-14 then if it died 200 years ago.

I spy bullshit. To say it may be possible according to some never tested theory is a far cry from saying it is the standard we are designed to achieve.

Sure it may as well be it's just that I've heard it few times, one time they were saying that in the movie "the man from earth" (2007).

And it is expected with advance of science that people will be living 200 years, but when that will happen who knows. - for instance Spielberg thinks his kids will live to 200.
For instance in some video on youtube Sam Harris is saying "Maybe in near future it will be uncommon if 200 year old person is unable to run a triathlon." but of course that is with with advance medicine.

[Excited Penguin]

Yeah, I got that.  But the reason he is so thin is he is trying to eat a diet he thinks will help thwart aging.  Read about this guy elsewhere.  Either that or I'm mixing him up with someone else.

Yes, he eats healthy so he could live longer. That sounds reasonable to me. He isn't profesionally giving out diet advice however, if that's what you thought. He's in the business of actually trying to cure the various diseases and ailments related exclusively with aging, not in the one of selling you magic pills to live longer.