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Re:Demographic Consequences of Defeating Aging by darod on Sunday February 04, 2018 @01:30PM (#16304034)
agreed.

"A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it." -Max Planck

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Re:Demographic Consequences of Defeating Aging by joe_the_user on Sunday February 04, 2018 @01:33PM (#16304049)
One approach that universities could use would be force a given professor to retire and leave their field after, say, 50 years, sending them to perhaps join a different field where they could have fresh insights.
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Re:Demographic Consequences of Defeating Aging by darod on Sunday February 04, 2018 @01:45PM (#16304116)
This concept isn't applicable just to science. It's applicable to policy, politics, social opinion, etc. Young blood and new ideas are a constant threat to the status quo.
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