X-Message-Number: 20492 From: "Mark Plus" <> Subject: Re: Russian scientists seeking to lengthen human life Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 07:57:51 -0800 In Message #20486, Basie wrote, >Russian scientists seeking to lengthen human life > Interfax. Saturday, Nov. 23, 2002, 4:55 PM Moscow Time >MOSCOW. Nov 23 (Interfax) - Russian scientists are working on technology to >at least double the lifespan of humans, if not increase it "to infinity," a researcher has said, adding that experiments have lengthened the life of mice and rats 30% to 35%. >http://www.moscowtimes.ru/doc/HotNews.html#30353 Russia has some more serious problems interfering with human flourishing than aging. The life expectancy, especially for men, has collapsed to nearly Third World levels, fertility has declined, and the population is rapidly imploding. Russian civilization is literally dying off: http://www.rand.org/publications/RB/RB5054/ Progress in Russia won't be sustainable if the society's fundamental substrate goes to hell. If it weren't for foreign subsidies, Russia probably would have given up space launches already. American civilization, while in vastly better shape than Russia's, isn't immune to entropy, either. A lot of the nation's weaknesses revealed by 9-11 are inter-related, and it's too soon to see whether our civilization is responding to the challenges effectively. Mark Plus It's not "religious" or "science fictional" if you can do it. _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=20492