> What if Einstein lived to 500 or was still alive?
The flipside would be, what if Aristotle or Ptolemy lived to 2500 and were still alive? Would we still be arguing if everything revolves around Earth, or if fire, earth, water and air constitute everything?
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"I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops."
Stephen Jay Gould, The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History
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if you want to improve the net intellectual progress of humanity solving inequality will do a lot more than solving aging.
Re:The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant
by Viliam1234 on Monday January 02, 2023 @01:50PM
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Why not both?
well, if current trends are any indication, anti-aging research will tend to disproportionately benefit the wealthy, and if anything increase the percentage of resources that flow upwards. the potential einsteins labouring in a mine or field are even less likely to be helped if they are not made a systemic priority.
How are we as a species suppose to take to the stars if our lifespan is relatively short?
I would wager that this is another step in becoming an interstellar race. Aka the challenge is not just about bending space-time.
What if Einstein lived to 500 or was still alive?
Anyway, I think people need to step way back on the true necessity of solving aging. At a minimum it’s about ensuring we have a high quality of life while living out our final days and long term it’s about the human species viability as an interstellar civilization.