I have little doubt that gerontologists will eventually find a way to avoid, or more likely, delay, the unpleasantries of extended life.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.
We can now diagnose diseases that haven't even manifested in the patient, and may not until the fifth decade of life - if at all.
My main frustration is the fear of cancer from low dose radiation, even by radiologists.
I think we're rapidly approaching the day where medical science can keep people alive in hospitals, hooked up to tubes and things, far beyond when any kind of quality of life is left at all.
Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth.
My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.
We actually have the tools in the life sciences to achieve anything that you have the audacity to envision. I just hope to live long enough not to die.
I know mortality exists, but I cannot do anything about it. So it does not make me anxious.
Almost all paleontologists recognize that the discovery of a complete transition is in any case unlikely.
We will 'de-age' progressively, as cures are developed.