Ever since we invented fire and the wheel, we've been demonstrating both our ability and our inherent desire to fix things that we don't like about ourselves and our environment. Aubrey de Grey More Quotes by Aubrey de Grey More Quotes From Aubrey de Grey Accept the difficulty of what you cannot yet change. But do not accept the impossibility of ever changing it. Aubrey de Grey impossibility difficulty accepting The right to choose to live or to die is the most fundamental right there is; conversely, the duty to give others that opportunity to the best of our ability is the most fundamental duty there is. Aubrey de Grey fundamentals opportunity giving It's not just about life, of course; it's about healthy life. Getting frail and miserable and dependent is no fun, whether or not dying may be fun. Aubrey de Grey motivation inspiration fun [Anti-aging therapies will] never be perfect, but we'll be able to fix the things that 200-year-olds die of before we have any 200-year-olds, and the same for 300 and 400 and so on. Aubrey de Grey motivation inspiration years My approach is to start from the straightforward principle that our body is a machine. A very complicated machine, but none the less a machine, and it can be subjected to maintenance and repair in the same way as a simple machine, like a car. Aubrey de Grey car principles simple Basically, the body does have a vast amount of inbuilt anti-ageing machinery; it's just not 100% comprehensive, so it allows a small number of different types of molecular and cellular damage to happen and accumulate. Aubrey de Grey damage body numbers Celebrating the future is about celebrating a better world: a world in which everyone's life is easier and their health is maintained longer. It’ll be a life where there’s more time for leisure - for enriching each other’s lives rather than just running to stand still. In other words, more holiday time! So a holiday is absolutely the appropriate way to help us focus on it and make it a reality soon. Aubrey de Grey holiday running reality If changing our world is playing God, it is just one more way in which God made us in His image. Aubrey de Grey our-world made way Theres no such thing as ageing gracefully. I dont meet people who want to get Alzheimers disease, or who want to get cancer or arthritis or any of the other things that afflict the elderly. Ageing is bad for you, and we better just actually accept that. Aubrey de Grey elderly cancer people There is no difference between saving lives and extending lives, because in both cases we are giving people the chance of more life. Aubrey de Grey differences giving people What I actually wanted to do with my life is make a difference to the world. That led me into science very quickly. Aubrey de Grey making-a-difference differences world The biggest handicap in research is an ability to think outside the box. The handicap is being encumbered by all the conventional wisdom in a given field. Aubrey de Grey fields research thinking What I'm after is not living to 1,000. I'm after letting people avoid death for as long as they want to. Aubrey de Grey want long people If you look at winners of the Nobel Prize in biology, you'll find a fair smattering of people who don't know how to work a pipette. Aubrey de Grey winner people looks The aim is to postpone frailty, postpone degenerative disease, debilitation and so on and thereby shorten the period at the end of life, which is passed in a decrepit or disabled state, while extending life as a whole. Aubrey de Grey decrepit end-of-life disease I think it's reasonable to suppose that one could oscillate between being biologically 20 and biologically 25 indefinitely. Aubrey de Grey reasonable thinking Ageing is, simply and clearly, the accumulation of damage in the body. That's all that ageing is. Aubrey de Grey accumulation damage body I don't work on longevity, I work on keeping people healthy. Aubrey de Grey longevity healthy people I dont often meet people who want to suffer cardiovascular disease or whatever, and we get those things as a result of the lifelong accumulation of various types of molecular and cellular damage. Aubrey de Grey disease suffering people The scientific method actually correctly uses the most direct evidence as the most reliable, because that's the way you are least likely to get led astray into dead ends and to misunderstand your data. Aubrey de Grey scientific-method data way
