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Aubrey de Grey: Why we age and how we can avoid it

http://www.ted.com Cambridge researcher Aubrey de Grey argues that aging is merely a disease -- and a curable one at that. Humans age in seven basic ways, he says, all of which can be averted. TED...  
 
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jahrleriksen (3 hours ago) Show Hide
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He is British
acriscio (1 day ago) Show Hide
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We go to tribes around the world and snub our noses because their life expectancy is 30, but if they were to come here they would snub their noses at a decrepit, feudalistic set of social values resulting from a menopausal adult population with a childish fear of death.
JamesGod08 (3 days ago) Show Hide
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Interesting, but for someone who is clearly very smart and good at analysis, you'd think he would speak better!
plague513 (3 days ago) Show Hide
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You have to really pay attention..he has an accent (not sure where you're from) and talks fast.
MrReadingman (4 days ago) Show Hide
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Nanotech seems the likely way to vastly improve our health if not eradicate disease/aging entirely. We need to start looking at health as an engineering issue.
Errianno (1 week ago) Show Hide
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how is he supposed to fuck a girl with that big monsterly beard on his face???? and mustouch

ouch

if i was a girl, i'd cringe

neva, neva, neva would i kiss him

if he has a girl, he's one lucky ass son of a bitch

and he should luv her with all his heart

coz in the real world, his opportunities are far and few between
BONNYZfasia (1 week ago) Show Hide
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is this a dialogue a monologue or just some kind of talking mop?. if you want to know my irrefutable theory about how everything age i mean everything obeying to the same law leave a message.
Errianno (1 week ago) Show Hide
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@BONNYZfasia, okay. tell me
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Aubrey is saying it would. He is saying that removing damaging and mutated cells would prevent pathology, thus extending life.
Marxistnutcase (1 week ago) Show Hide
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Solution to aging: grow a huge beard and become a sage. Find a wife, have kids.

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