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Aubrey de Grey
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Aubrey de Grey is a transhumanist and cryonicist who posits that the first person to live to 1,000 is likely already alive and that someone born around the year 2000 has anywhere from a 50 to 80 percent of living much longer than the current lifespan, depending on how much funding SENS and related life extension programs receive soon.[1]
Criticisms[edit]
See the main article on this topic: Transhumanism § Radical life extension
PZ Myers believes immortality is impossible because the second law of thermodynamics leads to inevitable decay in any living system.[2]
Allegations of sexual harassment[edit]
In 2021, de Grey was placed on administrative leave by SENS Research Foundation over sexual harassment allegations.[3] Shortly after, he was removed from his position as he seemed to interfere with the sexual harassment investigation.[4]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Caspar Llewellyn Smith (31 July 2010). "Aubrey de Grey: We don't have to get sick as we get older".
- ↑ A short argument against immortality
- ↑ The Times: Anti-ageing guru Aubrey de Grey accused of harassment, 12 August 2021
- ↑ STAT: SENS Research Foundation removes Aubrey de Grey over concerns he was interfering in sexual harassment investigation, 22 August 2021