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Medical Forum / General / General / July 2004'Radical Life Extension' lecture by Ray Kurzweil, Chicago, August 22
Greetings, Here is a new info on 'Radical Life Extension' lecture by Dr. Ray Kurzweil in Chicago on August 22: "Immortality: Three Bridges to Radical Life Extension" Ray Kurzweil Ph.D., CEO & Founder of Kurzweil Technology, Wellesley, MA (for more details see the Congress website at http://www.worldhealth.net/event/conf_program.php) Ray Kurzweil is a legendary dynamo of human innovation. He's founded nine businesses in everything from speech recognition to artificial intelligence. Now Ray Kurzweil's restless mind is focused on human life. Immortality is just around the corner, according to Kurzweil. The super-charged convergence of biology, computing, and nanotechnology, he says, is about to radically extend human life. And it may be just a matter of a couple of decades, not centuries, before the human lifespan becomes essentially unlimited-- not 100 but many centuries. [This is what I have found, not what I believe in ... yet ]. Kind regards, -- Leonid Gavrilov Author of the book "The Biology of Life Span" http://longevity-science.org/index.html#Book > Greetings, > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > matter of a couple of decades, not centuries, before the human > lifespan becomes essentially unlimited-- not 100 but many centuries. keep on dreaming. > Ray Kurzweil Ph.D., CEO & Founder of Kurzweil Technology, Wellesley, > MA [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > intelligence. Now Ray Kurzweil's restless mind is focused on human > life. No offense to the great designer but programming neural nets and using fuzzy logic et al doesn't translate into expertise on human biology and longevity. Even though I'm in medical school, until I've actually treated someone professionally, I'm just an apprentice on the journeyman road and not a doctor. Kurzweil, as a software designer, should realize the same thing. > Immortality is just around the corner, according to Kurzweil. The > super-charged convergence of biology, computing, and nanotechnology, > he says, is about to radically extend human life. And it may be just a > matter of a couple of decades, not centuries, before the human > lifespan becomes essentially unlimited-- not 100 but many centuries. I have a feeling that biologists with some biomed/chemical engineering (i.e. drug delivery and tissue engineering) experiences will be the first to extend life into the healthy 130-180 years range before any of this nanotech hype delivers on Drexler's promises. >>Ray Kurzweil Ph.D., CEO & Founder of Kurzweil Technology, Wellesley, >>MA [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > first to extend life into the healthy 130-180 years range before any > of this nanotech hype delivers on Drexler's promises. I see that you are well on your way to have learned that only MDs have anything worthwhile to say. Joe > >>Ray Kurzweil Ph.D., CEO & Founder of Kurzweil Technology, Wellesley, > >>MA [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > Joe Actually, I'd said biologists with biomedical a/o chemical engineering experiences in drug delivery and tissue engineering which would mainly be comprised of masters and PhDs in those interdisciplinary areas. MDs are only patient care custodians except for the MDs or MD/PhDs who pursue research as a career path. >>>>Ray Kurzweil Ph.D., CEO & Founder of Kurzweil Technology, Wellesley, >>>>MA [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > be comprised of masters and PhDs in those interdisciplinary areas. MDs > are only patient care custodians (!) Steve except for the MDs or MD/PhDs who > pursue research as a career path. > > >>Ray Kurzweil Ph.D., CEO & Founder of Kurzweil Technology, Wellesley, > > >>MA [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > are only patient care custodians except for the MDs or MD/PhDs who > pursue research as a career path. I see. Even with that clarification, I would hope that you would not prejudge ideas originating outside of that clique. Joe > Greetings, > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > Author of the book "The Biology of Life Span" > http://longevity-science.org/index.html#Book The medical establishment can't even figure out basic nutrition, how the hell are they going to figure out how to apply nanotechnology to the human organism. Well, this should make for a good science fiction novel anyways. TC > The medical establishment can't even figure out basic nutrition, how > the hell are they going to figure out how to apply nanotechnology to > the human organism. The medical establishment has turned a blind eye towards vitamins. In other words, if one can't book revenue (a.k.a. insurance submission) then one ignores it. An MRI machine, however, is extremely complex and is widely used by doctors for soft tissue analysis and part of the reason for it is that one can book $2000 per half-hour of scan time. Realize, this is only one of the reasons why doctors, unlike regular scientists and engineers, have near full employment and job security. |
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