In a message dated 3/25/00 21:11:18, you wrote:
>Don't get me wrong. I wish there was a bunch more research being done on
>nano, cryo and immortality. But the only way to get funding for such
>research is to convince people that there money is better spent there than
>somewhere else. I just think we're going to have a heck of a time
>convincing people of that as long as there are things to spend money on like
>feeding, healing and improving the standard of living of the 6 billion
>people we already share this planet with.
I don't think there's any such problem. We spend billions on research for
diseases like Alzheimer's, osteoporosis, and prostate cancer, where the
result will only benefit old people in rich countries. Much less gets
spent on research for 3rd world food production. I don't see why
attitudes would be substantially different about longevity research, a
new way of benefitting old people in rich countries.
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