tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981847304731025792.post6327137956256349351..comments2024-01-09T00:53:53.840-08:00Comments on Full of Baloney: The Methuselah FoundationKezia Kamenetzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06333062091799990485noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981847304731025792.post-83180230603311826442015-05-15T14:39:09.653-07:002015-05-15T14:39:09.653-07:00Its funny when people saybthings like this. I wond...Its funny when people saybthings like this. I wonder if they will feel that way when death is knocking at their door. This article is just obstinate and idealistic. Arguing for the sake of arguing. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09155470068618559411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981847304731025792.post-362884759205669772015-05-15T14:38:53.792-07:002015-05-15T14:38:53.792-07:00Its funny when people saybthings like this. I wond...Its funny when people saybthings like this. I wonder if they will feel that way when death is knocking at their door. This article is just obstinate and idealistic. Arguing for the sake of arguing. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09155470068618559411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981847304731025792.post-23069107160121522262014-10-18T06:11:49.933-07:002014-10-18T06:11:49.933-07:00Why get vaccinated, look before you cross roads, b...Why get vaccinated, look before you cross roads, brake for red lights? Why not play Russian roulette every morning when you wake up? All of these could kill you and would make life a thrill if you managed to survive. <br /><br />This piece does nothing more than to point out an obvious point and hypocritically criticize said point. If you don't want to live forever you don't have to. Just remember, just because someone doesn't share your own ignorant opinion does not mean their work is baloney Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981847304731025792.post-15075957609570884702014-05-25T17:31:58.415-07:002014-05-25T17:31:58.415-07:00Kezia is"Full of Baloney" as this blog i...Kezia is"Full of Baloney" as this blog is so aptly named.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981847304731025792.post-67655991943159549432014-03-10T20:02:00.467-07:002014-03-10T20:02:00.467-07:00I have a litter of mice that are a few months shy ...I have a litter of mice that are a few months shy of 6 years old - tried to tell you about it but nobody seemed to care.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981847304731025792.post-80302848097576378882013-12-04T09:53:51.652-08:002013-12-04T09:53:51.652-08:00You read a book in the 4th grade. That's why ...You read a book in the 4th grade. That's why people should grow old and die? That's idiotic.Davidhttp://vapesafe.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981847304731025792.post-459645494752149662012-12-15T13:07:01.439-08:002012-12-15T13:07:01.439-08:00As long as people live, there will be problems. Li...As long as people live, there will be problems. Likewise, long life will also provide unexpected pleasures. The kind of research that Methuselah Foundation is supporting will be something anyone can opt out of, but I'm fairly certain that preventable suffering is something that will catch on pretty quickly.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06982917885942172287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981847304731025792.post-17933103756562280012011-10-29T22:48:12.070-07:002011-10-29T22:48:12.070-07:00Kezia: Why not just kill yourself right now then? ...Kezia: Why not just kill yourself right now then? You seem to value life just about that much.<br /><br />How dare you badmouth efforts to try to fix the problem of aging. It undermines the work of thousands of scientists and people trying desperately to save us from such a short existence.<br /><br />Any rational adult shouldn't care about your naive opinion. Grow up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981847304731025792.post-56568836371530684812010-02-24T14:17:24.461-08:002010-02-24T14:17:24.461-08:00hi kezia, i love the discussion on time.. it help...hi kezia, i love the discussion on time.. it helped me a lot senior essay thoughts i'm working on :)davitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08399787252204260600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981847304731025792.post-43687407495176811722010-02-24T09:39:16.883-08:002010-02-24T09:39:16.883-08:00Thanks for your comments! I accept and embrace tha...Thanks for your comments! I accept and embrace that health care should and will continue to advance, lengthening lives and reliving much suffering. But I don't think extending life as long as possible should be an outright goal, mostly because I think it is a goal rooted in fear of death, not embrace of life. Just as the existence of black makes us aware of the beauty of white, it is because we die that we relish in life.Kezia Kamenetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333062091799990485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981847304731025792.post-45915694696287381222010-02-23T14:48:39.153-08:002010-02-23T14:48:39.153-08:00Hi - I founded the Methuselah Foundation and appre...Hi - I founded the Methuselah Foundation and appreciate your thoughts. The goal of the foundation is to extend the healthy lifespan, not end death. Extending the lifespan will not protect one from falling down the stairs or getting shot jumping out the window of the wrong house. Further, the goal of the Foundation is to eliminate *scientifically avoidable* suffering. I've spent lots of time in hospitals and nursing homes and I can tell you that no one wants to be there. So, the Foundation is focused on delivering OPTIONS that simply don't exist today. Options that reduce suffering and make joy a recurring possibility.<br /><br />People typically died when they were in their 40s in 1900 from truly awful things. Many of those diseases are gone. I'm glad they're gone. I'm glad my children don't get cavities. People live 76 years now in the G20 countries. That means society has gotten a 36 year dividend in the last century. I'm 57, reasonably healthy, and I can say categorically that I'm glad no one listened to the folks that said vaccines were an abomination in the late 1800's and early 1900's. This week, there has been much press about a company that Methuselah Foundation helped fund and found. That company is Organovo. This company makes a printer that can produce new tissues from a persons own cells. Eventually, the millions of people who need new organs and who currently live under a miserable death sentence will benefit from such technologies - I look forward to these things happening.<br /><br />For me, each day is wonderful - yes, they go fast, but I like being alive and healthy. I like saying good morning to my family every day, and I love seeing them grow and prosper.<br /><br />So, I say, life is good - why not more?da55idhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02577249392550141662noreply@blogger.com