Re: Article on SENS in today's TIMES

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If I ever saw any evidence in my lifetime of anything he says coming true, maybe I’d give him more credence.

That said, what does this below have to do with the subject?

In the same issue, Pontin, the editor, called de Grey a “troll”, noting that: “He dresses like a shabby graduate student and affects a Rip Van Winkle’s beard; he has no children; he has few interests outside the science of biogerontology; he drinks too much beer.”

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Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:33:42 -0000

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Subject: [ ] Article on SENS in today's TIMES

Quite an interesting article on Aubrey de Grey in today's London Times.

See: http://tinyurl.com/233umz

Huw

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>

> If I ever saw any evidence in my lifetime of anything he says coming

true,

> maybe I¹d give him more credence.

>

> That said, what does this below have to do with the subject?

>

> In the same issue, Pontin, the editor, called de Grey a ³troll²,

> noting that: ³He dresses like a shabby graduate student and affects

a Rip

> Van Winkle¹s beard; he has no children; he has few interests outside the

> science of biogerontology; he drinks too much beer.²

Just the usual puerile ad hominem attacks that arise when people are

sure of their " rightness " but can't really find referenced bases for

that opinion.

Maco

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Hi folks:

I must say that I sit here shaking my head at people who spend so

much time criticizing those who choose to adopt habits that have been

shown to *dramatically* extend lifespans and *greatly* improve health

in numerous species up to, and in some respects including, humans;

and those who are trying to extend this research further.

Am I missing something, or is it fair to say these people have 'a

problem'?

And if the latter, can anyone put their finger on the name

psychiatrists would use to describe this problem?

de Grey is in about in the same situation Faraday was when he was

experimenting with magnets and coils, no knowing where it might

lead. Much uncertainty, and error, is inevitable in the very early

stages. That some would criticize, and even resort to insults and ad

hominem attacks of those trying to push back the frontier of the

science of aging says more about them, than it does about the efforts

they criticize. IMO.

This is something I find REALLY strange. Sigh.

Rodney.

> >

> > If I ever saw any evidence in my lifetime of anything he says

coming

> true,

> > maybe I¹d give him more credence.

> >

> > That said, what does this below have to do with the subject?

> >

> > In the same issue, Pontin, the editor, called de Grey a

³troll²,

> > noting that: ³He dresses like a shabby graduate student and

affects

> a Rip

> > Van Winkle¹s beard; he has no children; he has few interests

outside the

> > science of biogerontology; he drinks too much beer.²

>

> Just the usual puerile ad hominem attacks that arise when people are

> sure of their " rightness " but can't really find referenced bases for

> that opinion.

>

> Maco

>