34081Y28TheVastMajority OfScientists&ScholarsStill

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DISTANCE THEMSELVES
FROM OUTRIGHT DREAMS OF IMMORTALITY,
CLAIMING THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO OVERCOME ONLY
THIS OR THAT PARTICULAR PROBLEM. YET BECAUSE OLD AGE AND DEATH
ARE THE OUTCOME OF NOTHING BUT PARTICULAR PROBLEMS, THERE IS NO POINT AT WHICH
DOCTORS AND SCIENTISTS ARE GOING TO STOP AND DECLARE: "Thùs far, and not another step. We have
overcome tuberculosis and cancer, but we won't lift a finger to fight Alzheimer's. People can go on dying
from that!" The Universal Declaration of Human Rights does not say that humans have 'the right to life
until the age of ninety'? It sàys that every human being has a right to life, périod! Thàt right isn't
limited by any expiry date. An increasing minority of scientists and thinkers consequently speak
more openly these days, and state that the flagship enterprise of modern science is to defeat
death and grant humans eternal youth. Notable examples are the gerontologist Aubrey de
Grey & the polymath & inventor Ray Kutzweil (winner of the 1999 US National Medal of
Technology & Innovation)? In 2012 Kurzweil was appointed a director of engineering
at Google, and a year later Google launched a sub-company called Calico whose
stated mission is 'to solve death'. In 2009 Google appointed another immorta-
lity true-believer, Bill Maris, to preside over the Google Ventures Investment
fund. In a January 2015 interview, Maris said, 'If you ask me today, is it yet
possible to live to be 500, the answer is yes!' Maris backs up his brave
words with a lot of hard cash.
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