Today I’m giving a talk on the moral issues associated with Aubrey de Grey’s research into “curing” aging. He’s approaching aging as a disease that needs to be cured, and while the science behind his work is relatively uncontroversial, many people are fundamentally opposed to life extension.
More information on this topic can be found here:
- TED Talk – Aubrey de Grey
- The Immortalist: Aubrey de Grey on Aging – briefly discusses how no one has been able to scientifically discount Aubrey’s hypotheses.
- Aubrey’s slide deck – A more scientific presentation than the one he gave at TED
- Sens.org – The research being done by Aubrey and his team
If you’re interested in hearing him speak, he will be at Texas A&M in the fall (we’re still working out the date). Send me an email if you’d like to know when we have more information on this talk.
Bill Erickson is a WordPress Consultant who builds custom websites using WordPress as a CMS and Thesis as a framework. He’s a cofounder and resident of The Creative Space, and a cofounder of the BIL Conference (the open analog to the TED Conference).
