immortality

Aubrey de Grey at TEDMED

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In this 20 min TEDMED video Aubrey de Grey explains why he believes that we can defeat aging and how this can be achieved. Enjoy! Related articles by Zemanta Aubrey de Grey: In Pursuit of Longevity (singularityblog.singularitysymposium.com) Do you want to live forever? (the full documentary) (singularityblog.singularitysymposium.com) To Age or Not to Age documentary (singularityblog.singularitysymposium.com) [...]

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The Immortalists

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Following the Turning into Gods teaser trailer for Jason Silva’s doc concept, I am posting another short documentary by him called The Immortalists. In this short 8 min documentary, Jason shares his search for an answer to the problem of death and the failure by all religions and philosophies to provide him with an acceptable [...]

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Is Genius Immortal?

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Chris Faraone from the Boston Phoenix recently wrote a very interesting and detailed article on Ray Kurzweil and his quest to live forever titled Is Genius Immortal?. You can read the whole article by following the link above, but if like me you prefer audio rather than text, then you can go and listen to [...]

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Turning into Gods (concept teaser)

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Turning into Gods is the next concept teaser trailer in a long line of documentaries looking at our technological journey from being mere mortal humans to allegedly becoming immortal gods. Some of the other previously posted documentaries examining the the topic of how technology may provide the means to immortality can be watched in full [...]

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Can you TRANSCEND biology and live long enough to live forever?

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In 2004, Ray Kurzweil and Terry Grossman, MD, published Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever. Their groundbreaking book marshaled thousands of scientific studies to make the case that new developments in medicine and technology will allow us to radically extend our life expectancies and slow down the aging process. In 2009, Ray and [...]

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Do you want to live forever? (the full documentary)

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Here is the full documentary film directed by Christopher Sykes about the eccentric and radical gerontologist Dr. Aubrey de Grey and his quest for immortality: So, how about you? Do you want to live forever?

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Do you want to live forever?

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Humanity has achieved huge progress in life-extending and anti-aging technologies. Just weeks ago the BBC reported that today half of the babies born in the advanced world are likely to live to 100. A quick comparative review shows us the following life expectancy change in years: Cro-Magnon Era: 18 years Ancient Egypt: 25 years 1400 [...]

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