Tag Archives: Longevity

Life-Expectancy – Continued from 2018

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Ted Howard NZ

Ivan replied to my answer to Life-Expectancy from 2018 [ 2/Mar/21 ] Hi Ivan, The question doesn’t specify “life expectancy at birth” – it is an open question in that sense. There are many possible ways of calculating life expectancy, … Continue reading →

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A substitute for worry

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Ted Howard NZ

What is one substitute for worry that can make the world a better place? [ 24/Feb/21 ] Responsibility. Accepting that all complexity has necessary sets of conditions required for survival. Accepting that any real freedom necessarily results in diversity (all … Continue reading →

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Follow-on from the a post on Tesla coming from Venus

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Ted Howard NZ

[ 29/Jan/21 – on Tom’s Facebook page] Tom, I am not 100% certain of anything. I deal in sets of evidence and balance of probabilities between competing explanatory sets. And I have actually examined vast sets of evidence, and applied … Continue reading →

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Life Extension

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Ted Howard NZ

In Response to Trevor Lowman – Facebook – Life extension – “Do you believe that it will ever be technologically possible to rejuvenate a human being”… [ 2/1/21 ] Just because we give a singular name to things like “cancer” … Continue reading →

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What can be more possible for the human race, longevity or immortality?

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Ted Howard NZ

What can be more possible for the human race, longevity or immortality? [ 2/1/21 ] There can be no guarantee of immortality, and there can be reasonable confidence about indefinite life extension. We cannot know any infinity, and there must … Continue reading →

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Lifeboat, longevity, old bacteria

Posted on December 31, 2020 by Ted Howard NZ

A reply to a comment by Peter to a post in Lifeboat Foundation facebook page linking to Scientists pull living microbes, possibly 100 million years old, from beneath the sea [ 18/12/20 Peter stated “I don’t see how this pertains … Continue reading →

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Biden – climate science over lunar exploration

Posted on December 31, 2020 by Ted Howard NZ

Lifeboat Foundation link to SpaceNews report that Biden administration expected to emphasize climate science over lunar exploration at NASA. [ 13/11/20 ] If anyone is really serious about managing the earth’s climate over the long term, then getting manufacturing technology … Continue reading →

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Spinoff – Vesuvius and other risks

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Ted Howard NZ

Comment to Spinoff on Vesuvius article [ 11/9/20 ] The Vesuvius-Pompeii article does not just apply to Auckland, it applies to most of the North Island. Last time Taupo erupted (which was more recently than Vesuvius), it essentially sterilised most … Continue reading →

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Why longevity?

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Ted Howard NZ

[ 9/9/20 Lifeboat Foundation Facebook Page – Eric Asked “Why do you want an unlimited lifespan?”] Having a personal stake in long term security seems to be the easiest way to ensure long term viability of complex systems. I already … Continue reading →

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Complexity and risk reduction

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Ted Howard NZ

[ 9/9/20 comment to Eric Klein on Lifeboat Foundation facebook page] Let me be explicit in what I was pointing to with that attempt at humour (sometimes autistic spectrum geeks don’t do humour well). Trying to stay out of the … Continue reading →

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