Argument 1: Increased Life Span Means Increased Time Spent in Decrepitude |
Argument 1: Increased Life Span Means Increased Time Spent in Decrepitude
Number one on the list of reasons that life-extension is undesirable, and one of the easiest to refute, is that it will inc...
Posted by Jeff on Mon, 21 Nov 2005 08:42:00 PST |
Argument 2: Increased Life Spans Means More Overpopulation |
Argument 2: Increased Life Spans Means More Overpopulation
One of the most popular objections to healthy life-extension, and one of the most pernicious despite evidence to the contrary, is that wit...
Posted by Jeff on Mon, 21 Nov 2005 08:41:00 PST |
Argument 3: The Aging Process is Natural and thus is NOT a Disease and does not need to be "cur |
Argument 3: The Aging Process is Natural and thus is NOT a Disease and does not need to be "cured". This is perhaps one of the most disturbing assertions because it is one which is held by many of...
Posted by Jeff on Mon, 21 Nov 2005 08:40:00 PST |
Argument 4: Interventions in Aging will be $$ Expensive $$ and Available Only for the Rich. |
Argument 4: Interventions in Aging will be $$ Expensive $$ and Available Only for the Rich. Although on the face of it, this argument seems to have merit, it ultimately fails in the face of the fa...
Posted by Jeff on Mon, 21 Nov 2005 08:37:00 PST |
Argument 5: We should concentrate on providing the basic necessities of life to those without t |
Argument 5: We should concentrate on providing the basic necessities of life to those without them around the world before we look at increasing the life span of those in wealthy industrialized nation...
Posted by Jeff on Mon, 21 Nov 2005 08:36:00 PST |
Argument 6: Life would get boring |
Argument 6: Life would get boring
This is as patently ridiculous as it sounds, but still brought up enough that I feel it needs to be addressed.
It is not really a big revelation that healthy in...
Posted by Jeff on Mon, 21 Nov 2005 08:34:00 PST |
Argument 7: Life would lose its meaning without an expiration date. |
Argument 7: Life would lose its meaning without an expiration date.
Appealing to the romantic notion of what is 'natural', this argument implies that meaning of life comes from its brevity. It has ...
Posted by Jeff on Mon, 21 Nov 2005 08:33:00 PST |
Argument 8: Society would stagnate as the ossfied perspectives of older individuals would preve |
Argument 8: Society would stagnate as the ossfied perspectives of older individuals would prevent new ideas and individuals from flourishing.
This argument is similar to the one about life losing i...
Posted by Jeff on Mon, 21 Nov 2005 08:31:00 PST |
Argument 9: Retirement (and the related issues of other societal status quos) would be threaten |
Argument 9: Retirement (and the related issues of other societal status quos) would be threatened I'm going to wrap up the idea of retirement being threatened with all the rest of the potential co...
Posted by Jeff on Mon, 21 Nov 2005 08:23:00 PST |
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