People aren't finding life saving cures/life extension treatments because drug research is really fucking hard, not because they are pro death.
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There's very little research on general anti-senescence treatment. Almost all biomedical research aims to cure particular diseases, and to seek patentable drugs -- preferably that have to be taken every day for a long, long time.
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I'll defend deathism. 1) 1x 1000yr life seems no better than 10x 100yr lives, or any allocation of 1K life-years; 2) people cost resources so must face this tradeoff eventually; 3) factors like declining flexibility, novelty suggest optimal life length given tradeoff not infinite
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If aging is cured and no one can die will people stop having children ? As reproduction is to continue the existence of genes.
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Alas, it will be a while before
@cgpgrey will be around to appreciate your shout-out.#projectcyclopsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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What a great essay by Bostrom
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Crab mentality. If I can't have it, you can't either.
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Yes, everyone else is brainwashed except for the few who are going to defeat aging and death for humanity. Got it!
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I can't believe I wasted 13 minutes of my finite life. You stole part of my life. You are the dragon tyrant.
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