X-Message-Number: 23464 From: "Reason" <> Subject: RE: many more life extensionists than cryonicists Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 09:48:51 -0800 > Message #23455 > Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 12:49:52 -0800 (PST) > From: Doug Skrecky <> > Subject: many more life extensionists than cryonicists > > In Message #23447 "Graham Hipkiss" wrote: > > When we talk to people about making provision for something > that we hope may > > come about in a hundred years or more, is, I believe, when all > but a tiny > > few switch off their interest. > > > People trying to increase their length of stay on earth might be > classified according to a pyramid, with cryonicists at the top. > > CRYONICISTS, and CR practitioners > Supplement takers spending more than $40/month, and serious exercisers > Supplement users spending $10 - $39/month, people on very "healthy" diets > Occasional supplement users <$10/month, and avoiders of some "junk" food > > There are differences of opinion here, but IMHO, of the all the > interventions, the one with the best evidence of a clear benefit, and yet > incurring both minimum cost and effort would be policosanol supplements. I think you miss out an important category of people: those working on, advocating or supporting medical research into aging, anti-aging therapies and regenerative medicine. In the grand scheme of things, supplements and diet are only the first small step on the boostrapping ladder: http://www.fightaging.org/archives/000006.php Reason Founder, Longevity Meme Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=23464