Lifespan extension has never really been a goal of aging science, nor should it.
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The last thing you ever want to do is extend the period of frailty and disability and make people unhealthy for a longer time period. So lifespan extension in and of itself should not be the goal of medicine, nor should it be the goal of public health, nor should it be the goal of aging science.
The fact is that nothing in gerontology even comes close to fulfilling the promise of dramatically extended lifespan, in spite of bold claims to the contrary that by now should sound familiar.
No one can avoid aging, but aging productively is something else.
The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age.
Anti-aging is an extremely under-explored field.
The only thing wrong with immortality is that it tends to go on forever.
There's never any ability to plan a personal life.
We're not trying to make us live forever; we're not trying to even make us live significantly longer. What we're trying to do is extend the period of healthy life.
I think science has begun to demonstrate that aging is a disease. If it is, it can be cured.
The key to the future in an aging society is not found in increasing just our life span; we need to increase our health span at the same time.
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