Pro-aging trance
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The "pro-aging trance" is a term coined by Aubrey de Grey to describe "the impulsion to leap to embarrassingly unjustified conclusions in order to put the horror of aging out of one’s mind".[1] According to de Grey, the pro-aging trance or "pro-aging edifice"[2] is a psychological strategy which people use in order to cope with aging, and which is rooted in the belief that aging is immutable and unavoidable. De Grey refers, in this regard, to the general public's ambivalence towards aging. For example, he states that life extension is often viewed as prolonging, rather than postponing, the period of decrepitude characteristic of old age, a belief that de Grey calls the "Tithonus error", in reference to the myth of Tithonus. He describes this attitude as a rational response to the perceived inevitability of aging. However, de Grey believes that defeating aging is feasible and that the pro-aging trance represents a huge barrier to combating aging.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ de Grey, Aubrey (August 2008). "Combating the Tithonus Error: What Works?". Rejuvenation Research 11 (4): 713–715. doi:10.1089/rej.2008.0775. PMID 18729803.
- ^ de Grey, Aubrey (February 2009). "Cracks in Social Gerontology's Pro-Aging Edifice". Rejuvenation Research 12 (1): 1–2. doi:10.1089/rej.2009.0841. PMID 19236163.
[edit] References
- de Grey, Aubrey (2006). "Strategie per un invecchiamento transcurabile ingegnerizzato (Modest and dramatic human life extension: the how and the why; in English, translated from Italian by Bruna Tortorella)". In Donghi P. Alterando il destino dell’umanità. Rome: Laterza & Figli. pp. 49–63. ISBN 8842080489. http://www.methuselahfoundation.org/files/sens/Spoleto-PP.pdf.
- de Grey, Aubrey (June 2006). "The Urgency Dilemma: Is Life Extension Research a Temptation or a Test?". Update (Loma Linda University Center for Christian Bioethics) 21 (1): 6–10. http://www.llu.edu/llu/bioethics/documents/update211web.pdf.[dead link]
- de Grey, Aubrey; & Rae, Michael (September 2007). Ending Aging: The Rejuvenation Breakthroughs that Could Reverse Human Aging in Our Lifetime. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press. pp. 416. ISBN 0312367066.
- de Grey, Aubrey (April 2007). "The Natural Biogerontology Portfolio: "Defeating Aging" as a Multi-stage Ultra-grand Challenge". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1100: 409–423. doi:10.1196/annals.1395.046. PMID 17460206. http://www.mfoundation.org/files/sens/ECBG5-PP.pdf.
- de Grey, Aubrey (November 2007). "Calorie Restriction, Post-reproductive Life Span, and Programmed Aging: A Plea for Rigor" (PDF). Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1119: 296–305. doi:10.1196/annals.1404.029. PMID 17717100. http://methuselahmouse.net/files/sens/IABG12-PP.pdf.
- de Grey, Aubrey (December 2007). "The Need to Debalkanize Gerontology: A Case Study" (PDF). Rejuvenation Research 10 (4): 431–434. doi:10.1089/rej.2007.0633. PMID 18158741. http://www.mfoundation.org/files/sens/debalkanize.pdf.
- de Grey, Aubrey (December 3, 2007). "Old People Are People Too: Why It Is Our Duty to Fight Aging to the Death". Cato Unbound 12. http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/12/03/aubrey-de-grey/old-people-are-people-too-why-it-is-our-duty-to-fight-aging-to-the-death/.
- de Grey, Aubrey (2007). "Life Span Extension Research and Public Debate: Societal Considerations" (PDF). Studies in Ethics, Law, and Technology 1 (1): Article 5. doi:10.2202/1941-6008.1011. http://www.mfoundation.org/files/sens/ENHANCE-PP.pdf.
- de Grey, Aubrey (August 2008). "Combating the Tithonus Error: What Works?". Rejuvenation Research 11 (4): 713–715. doi:10.1089/rej.2008.0775. PMID 18729803.
- de Grey, Aubrey (October 2008). "Trans-Simianism and Truthiness: Hints of Progress in the Debate on Whether Aging Is Good". Rejuvenation Research 11 (5): 857–859. doi:10.1089/rej.2008.0805. PMID 18928423.
- de Grey, Aubrey (February 2009). "Cracks in Social Gerontology's Pro-Aging Edifice". Rejuvenation Research 12 (1): 1–2. doi:10.1089/rej.2009.0841. PMID 19236163.
- Freitas, Robert A. Jr. (2007). "Medical Nanorobotics: Breaking the Trance of Futility in Life Extension Research (A Reply to de Grey)". Studies in Ethics, Law, and Technology 1 (1): Article 6. doi:10.2202/1941-6008.1022.
- Garreau, Joel (December 19, 2007). "Can aging be cured?". The Journal Times. http://www.journaltimes.com/articles/2007/12/20/life/doc47695d8bbe3de631177336.txt. Retrieved April 4, 2009.
- Häyry, Matti (2007). "Generous Funding for Interventive Aging Research Now?". Studies in Ethics, Law, and Technology 1 (1): Article 13. doi:10.2202/1941-6008.1017.
- Klein, Julia M. (January 25, 2008). "Forever Young". Obit Magazine. http://www.obit-mag.com/viewmedia.php/prmMID/270. Retrieved April 4, 2009.
- Miller, Paul; & Wilsdon, James (February 3, 2006). "The man who wants to live forever". OpenDemocracy.net. http://www.opendemocracy.net/globalization-vision_reflections/eternal_3237.jsp. Retrieved April 4, 2009.
- Wolbring, Gregor (2007). "Should We 'Cure' Aging? A Reply to de Grey". Studies in Ethics, Law, and Technology 1 (1): Article 7. doi:10.2202/1941-6008.1020.
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