tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post1671771761161658543..comments2024-03-22T11:14:05.861-04:00Comments on UncleBob's Treehouse: Men Without ChestsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-80959665537858150532015-08-13T18:58:57.443-04:002015-08-13T18:58:57.443-04:00Or perhaps "Nothing comes free"?Or perhaps "Nothing comes free"?Mindstormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02949097462978386911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-57153586633418046092015-08-13T13:06:43.823-04:002015-08-13T13:06:43.823-04:00Take for example the active transfer of ions. You ...Take for example the active transfer of ions. You still have to 'piggyback' on another ion gradient through the membrane. Or consume ATP, which leads back to another (H+) gradient between the inside and outside of mitochondria. Nothing is free, basically.Mindstormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02949097462978386911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-90557210224841498452015-08-13T12:58:16.236-04:002015-08-13T12:58:16.236-04:00You are wrong. There are other possible contexts t...You are wrong. There are other possible contexts to entropy than the thermodynamic one:<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_(information_theory)<br />You still have to shunt it somewhere else in an open system. Well, if it comes to operating on DNA, then where it might be?Mindstormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02949097462978386911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-72328940947775034162015-08-13T11:24:24.682-04:002015-08-13T11:24:24.682-04:00How would you reverse somatic mutations and epimut...<i>How would you reverse somatic mutations and epimutations, for example?</i><br /><br />CRISPR and stem-cell based regeneration. Aging can not only be mitigated. It can be eliminated completely. Entropy is a concept that applies only to closed systems. The body is clearly not a closed system as it receives inputs (air, water, food) and has outputs (air, sweat, waste) thus making it an open system.<br /><br />You might want to familiarize yourself with the SENS concept (www.sens.org). <br /><br />In any case, the term "men without chests" refers to men who are too timid to go up against the usual consensus and to engage in productive accomplishment. Those of us who are into life extension and transhumanism clearly have chests and balls.kurt9https://www.blogger.com/profile/02101147267959016924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-54633515125916132632015-08-13T09:44:45.159-04:002015-08-13T09:44:45.159-04:00Aging can be mitigated, that's all. How would ...Aging can be mitigated, that's all. How would you reverse somatic mutations and epimutations, for example? You couldn't get rid of entropy. Of course, if you want to write books that sell, like Ray Kurzweil, then better don't allow truth to get in the way of a good theory.Mindstormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02949097462978386911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-56573612519102162542015-08-12T14:31:56.756-04:002015-08-12T14:31:56.756-04:00Many of the new intellectuals do have "chests...Many of the new intellectuals do have "chests", or at least the balls to tell the naysayers who claim that aging cannot be cured are wrong. Intellectuals such as Aubrey de Grey and others have both chests and balls. <br /><br />It is the non-technical intellectuals who lack both chests and balls.kurt9https://www.blogger.com/profile/02101147267959016924noreply@blogger.com