From: Reason (reason@exratio.com)
Date: Fri Jul 18 2003 - 20:03:50 MDT
I should take the moment to note that a far worthier research prize (IHMO,
with no offence to Spike or GIMPS :) is the Methuselah Mouse Prize:
http://www.methuselahmouse.org
This prize aims to revitalize the search for real, meaningful anti-aging
medicine. It is the first in a series of efforts that depend heavily on the
success of this first prize.
If you have not yet contributed to this prize, I suggest you think about
doing so. It's one of the few opportunities that most of us will have to
spend a small amount of money to have a large, long-term effect on healthy
life extension research. Scientific anti-aging research needs invigorating,
and this is the very start of a process to do just that.
Reason
http://www.exratio.com/
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-extropians@extropy.org
> [mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]On Behalf Of Spike
> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 11:58 AM
> To: extropians@extropy.org
> Subject: stock's pitch on cash prizes
>
>
> Perhaps many of you will recall the excellent
> pitch by Greg Stock at Extro4 regarding the
> effect of cash prizes on scientific research.
> I suggested at that time that we have an excellent
> test case with the collaborative online background
> computing effort, GIMPS. With GIMPS we have an
> hourly-updated measure of participation, so it
> is idea for testing Dr. Stock's theories. My
> notion at the time was that not only the amount
> of the prize but also the actual award structure
> that is of primary interest.
>
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