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Has anyone else heard about this?

This guy Dr Aubrey de Grey claims by 2030 we will have the technologies be able to live to 1000 and longer.

ImageJesus?

This website goes into quite alot of depth

http://www.technologyreview.com/article ... _aging.asp

For a summary go here

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4003063.stm

If this happened imagine the population crisis! It would become mayhem!
Also you could go for a drink with your great great great great great grandson when he turned 18 heh
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how fucking bored would you get?... at least you'd live long enough to disprove the existence of god to yourself haha... that's about the only good point i can think of... oh actually... you'd get to play on Grand Theft Auto: Norwich.... they'd have put that one out by then i'm sure... man... drive by on prince of wales road... haha and being released at bethel street station after being busted by norwich's finest...
something cool and dangerous...
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we only really need our first five years to disprove the existence of god maybe he's exist again by the end




anyone else gonna pray when thye die just in case?



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in that summary i counted my name 14 times

i am the future

and the ceaseless striving that schopenhauer referred to in his work

gta norwich will have graff missions on the train tracks we could jump off the overpass onto cars without the leg problems after,
lets write a petition to rockstar games
and monoply while we're at it
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Destroying mercy would have to be one of the missions because of how much territory its taking on prince of wales. :)
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Yeah, this guy seems like a bit of a mentalist to me. Judging by his beard it looks as though he has been alive several hundred years already, but only just announced his discovery.

I think if this was to suddenly come around it would have far too many complications on our society. Over-population of course is a huge crisis and wouldn't this sort of genetic technology go to far better use making food that doesn't rot or "go-off" to feed the thousands of starving people living in poverty around the world?

I don't like that man.
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james wrote:Yeah, this guy seems like a bit of a mentalist to me. Judging by his beard it looks as though he has been alive several hundred years already, but only just announced his discovery.

I think if this was to suddenly come around it would have far too many complications on our society. Over-population of course is a huge crisis and wouldn't this sort of genetic technology go to far better use making food that doesn't rot or "go-off" to feed the thousands of starving people living in poverty around the world?

I don't like that man.
Not if they sterilised or made the non-aging people sign contracts saying they won't have kids, and didn't let people who already have kids use it. That way you have two choices of immortality, passing on our your genetic code, or not aging.
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Post by james »

Hmmmm, I think a lot of Mother's would get a wee bit broody after 900 years without any kids. I don't think a piece of paper would stop people from getting preggers.

Do you think a person undergoing this genetic change would potentially pass on the modified structure to offspring?
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Post by Kenny »

If they are sterile they don't have a choice. It would be their own fault. They could always adopt.

I'd do it, I want to live forever so I can go into space. "Do you know how badly I want a space ship?" - Thanks Edan.
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Post by MikeTheBarber »

Yea if i get to lived for 900 years, they'll definatly have the technology to finally graft on the dragon wings i've been praying for
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Post by Tramp with a Turntable »

Has anyone got any scraps?
Will Dj for food
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Post by willy the piss »

we might be able to help you with raw materials for dragon wings sam, i'll check my back garden


kenny who's the other mc on "you suck"?



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willy the piss wrote:kenny who's the other mc on "you suck"?
My name isn't Kenny, but I believe that is an emcee called 'Father Time'.
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