Curious to see if anybody knows:
Which universities or colleges have programs that are specifically focused on longevity research? Have you attended school there? Would you suggest it the school to a friend?
Posted 30 March 2010 - 07:02 PM
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Posted 31 March 2010 - 03:03 AM
Edited by Alex Libman, 31 March 2010 - 03:06 AM.
Posted 31 March 2010 - 04:22 AM
Posted 31 March 2010 - 07:42 AM
Not to take anything away from academics and research universities, but I believe that the private sector will play the dominant role in bringing about the greatest longevity research.
"Formal" academia has an inherent pro-government bias (ex. "global warming"), and lengthening the lifespans of the Medicaid / Medicare liabilities is the very last thing that government bureaucrats will want to see! Longevity research is the ultimate argument argument against government-imposed equality and for "trickle-down economics", because reviving the first cryogenic (or whatever other breakthrough procedures may come about) can cost millions of times more than reviving the billionth one! That could never be sustainable in a socialized health-care system, because the system is biased for mediocrity. "Inequality" is absolutely essential for rapid economic and thus scientific growth.
So I recommend looking at a university as a stepping stone and nothing more - and the best of employers will even incentivize you to work reduced hours while you take night classes to finish your grad school / PhD!
Posted 31 March 2010 - 05:19 PM
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