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Re:Mass Extinction and the Structure of the Milky Way (2013) by s_kilk on Monday May 08, 2017 @11:01AM (#14292071)
> I think it's perfectly possible that, within my lifetime, significant or indefinite life extension could become possible.

It's weird that everyone believes this stuff will happen within their own lifetime. Like, no-one goes on about how life extension is going to happen 300-ish years from now, it's always conveniently within a timeframe where the speculator could personally become immortal.

Just like every loon in history has insisted that the Apocalypse is definitely, certainly going to happen within their own lifetimes too.

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Re:Mass Extinction and the Structure of the Milky Way (2013) by sqeaky on Monday May 08, 2017 @05:05PM (#14295609)
With the rate medical tech is advancing, almost as fast as computing, 300 years from now might be within our lifetime just by other means of extension.

We have many active and healthy 50, 60 and 70 year olds. This is unheard in cultures before the modern era.

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