Harold Den
Sun, Feb-09-03, 06:02
With all the prizes and awards society gives
away each year, there is no yearly award for the
greatest yearly
achievement in anti-aging research. If a far-sighted
wealthy
person or foundation were to establish such an award,
it could be
of tremendous benefit to society. Such an award could
be a large
cash prize, similar to the Nobel Prize for Medicine, but
more
narrowly focused on anti-aging alone. Something like
this could
spur tremendous strides in the field, far beyond what is
anticipated
now. Remember how the "experts' all said animal
cloning was
decades away, until Dolly the sheep came along and
proved them
foolish and wrong ?? Some habitual naysayers will point
out problems
with this, but think; after anti-aging becomes
practical can the
human control of the subject (aging), be far from
controlling DE-AGING.
(Fountain of Youth). Remember the H-bomb came just a few
years after
the first A-bomb. The first experimental heart transplant
was followed
a few years later by todays routine organ transplants.
Try thinking
of the aging of the future as a watch, where people
can set the
timepiece at whatever setting they wish. (Hence, the
idea of the
40 year old brain in the 25 year old body as an
ideal). Men enjoy
having 18 year old hormones, and women enjoy being
attractive and
young looking. This just needs the practical backing of a
foundation
or wealthy patron.
Once this is proven safe and effective, it
should be as
easy as giving away free money.
away each year, there is no yearly award for the
greatest yearly
achievement in anti-aging research. If a far-sighted
wealthy
person or foundation were to establish such an award,
it could be
of tremendous benefit to society. Such an award could
be a large
cash prize, similar to the Nobel Prize for Medicine, but
more
narrowly focused on anti-aging alone. Something like
this could
spur tremendous strides in the field, far beyond what is
anticipated
now. Remember how the "experts' all said animal
cloning was
decades away, until Dolly the sheep came along and
proved them
foolish and wrong ?? Some habitual naysayers will point
out problems
with this, but think; after anti-aging becomes
practical can the
human control of the subject (aging), be far from
controlling DE-AGING.
(Fountain of Youth). Remember the H-bomb came just a few
years after
the first A-bomb. The first experimental heart transplant
was followed
a few years later by todays routine organ transplants.
Try thinking
of the aging of the future as a watch, where people
can set the
timepiece at whatever setting they wish. (Hence, the
idea of the
40 year old brain in the 25 year old body as an
ideal). Men enjoy
having 18 year old hormones, and women enjoy being
attractive and
young looking. This just needs the practical backing of a
foundation
or wealthy patron.
Once this is proven safe and effective, it
should be as
easy as giving away free money.