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Originally Posted by Mark Lapierre  Look like I have to check out some of Ben Bova's work...
I think Terry Goodman deserves a mention for his work with Kurzweil on Fantastic Voyage. Not necessarily one of the top 8 though, I'm not sure what else he's done. |
You mean Terry Grossman? hehe
I don't know if much done by Terry despite his book co-authored with Ray. Maybe he deserves some mention for his works and researches on life extension... But he didn't do much.
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Originally Posted by Stephen However for me, my life comes secondary now to my childrens as I have passed on my genes to them and therefore genetically I have survived already my generation. As a person who generally susbcribes to the philosophy that our world is wholly material, the gene transfer into future generations is the equivelant of reaching 'heaven', in my opinion. |
As much as you enjoy your children, they're not you. They're copies of you, that you made because you can't keep on so you "need" to pass your genes over. Your genes survive, not you. Extreme life extension is saying "hey ♥♥♥♥♥ you genes, why do you keep existing and I, the machine that you used and then mercelessly throwed away, don't?"
I suggest you read The Selfish Gene, by Richard Dawkins. Very interesting and enlightening book.