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Aubrey *not* on Good Morning America


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#1 JMorgan

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Posted 17 September 2007 - 03:56 AM


This is unfortunately very short notice, but Aubrey de Grey will appear on Good Morning America on Monday, September 17 (7-9am Eastern). I suspect the interview will be on the GMA website sometime following the show.

However, perhaps some eary risers will be kind enough to capture it somehow.

Edited by JMorgan, 18 September 2007 - 04:31 AM.


#2 eternaltraveler

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Posted 17 September 2007 - 04:01 AM

I thought that was canceled

#3 JMorgan

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Posted 17 September 2007 - 04:44 AM

I sure hope not.

#4 Ghostrider

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Posted 17 September 2007 - 05:14 AM

I don't see it here:

http://www.google.co...ndar.google.com

It used to be on the calendar.

#5 Mind

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Posted 17 September 2007 - 07:01 AM

I see it on the Calendar for the 17th.

#6 Luna

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Posted 17 September 2007 - 10:23 AM

Nice, way to go Aubrey!

#7 Shannon Vyff

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Posted 17 September 2007 - 12:53 PM

Aubrey said it was cancelled on Friday, they thought he was too 'sciencey' .

darn, well he did get onto NPR...

#8 Luna

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Posted 17 September 2007 - 12:54 PM

bah :(

#9 Mind

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Posted 17 September 2007 - 04:44 PM

They had emmy fashion gossip talk instead of Aubrey. Oh well, that's TV nowadays.

#10 JMorgan

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Posted 17 September 2007 - 05:25 PM

Yes, very disappointing. At least I didn't wake up at 5am to try to meet him on the way into the studio or something. [wis]

It's a shame I was so busy with family in Texas these last few weeks. I would have liked to get him onto Fox & Friends (Fox News version of GMA) for Tuesday morning to maximise the use of his time.

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Posted 17 September 2007 - 06:39 PM

too 'sciencey'


This is a significant dilemma we face.

1. Optimistic Immortalist:  We can defeat aging and eventually live forever.

2. Skeptical Public: How?  We can't even cure a cold nor defeat cancer.

3. Optimistic Immortalist: Not today but if we do x and y we can do this and much more in the next z decades.

4. Skeptical Public:  huh? [huh]


Numbers 3 and 4 become a vicious cycle of education and proselytizing of both the science and necessity respectively. This is a difficult message to weave as the scaling the scientific disciplines can be a daunting task alone never mind attempting to weave in the philosophical and humanitarian arguments that curing aging should be seen as one of the pinnacles of human achievement.

The idea of living forever cuts across the grain of so many indoctrinated cultural memes that even having this conversation with intelligent and open minded people is like asking someone to try and swallow a giant scoop of a new and bizarrely flavored ice cream on hot day. You're shocking them with an ice-cream headache and a taste-bud overload at the same time.

While casting a wide net like GMA Aubrey may get some 'hits' but in general, immortalists might be best served by studying the demographics in detail and crafting messages for particular groups.

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Posted 17 September 2007 - 08:37 PM

Well I was about to be disappointed that I missed it, but now I am glad I didn't try to watch it. :))

Anyone have any news on any other media appearances he might be doing in the near future?

#13 Shannon Vyff

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Posted 17 September 2007 - 09:34 PM

Aubrey told me this morning the next 'big' thing he has lined up is NPR (National Public Radio).

I'll let you know if I find anything thing else out. Anything of great significance would likely be sent out to the Mprize 300, too.

#14 luv2increase

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Posted 18 September 2007 - 01:12 AM

There are many inspirational videos of Aubrey on youtube! Pretty fascinating really.

#15 Ghostrider

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Posted 18 September 2007 - 01:52 AM

I think that Aubrey has been on NPR once before...or maybe that was the resveratrol guys.

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Posted 18 September 2007 - 03:18 AM

Excuse me, but what exactly "sciencey" mean?
Does it mean that common people are not able to understand what he wants to explain, or they were kind of denigrating his ideas?

By the way, I did wake up at 7 am to watch the interview, and got sick with all the Emmy blah,blah,blah and OJ Simpson arrest.

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Posted 18 September 2007 - 03:25 AM

Man, I got up this morning to watch it. I was 15 minutes late but I thought they had him at the end of their line up. I didnt see him, so I just sat there and watched 45 minutes of crap. Dwayne the Rock Johnson apparently means more to human curiousity about life than the ability to have the time to be around when the rest of the universe is slowly pioneered.

That is unless Aubrey was in the first 15 minutes of it that I missed.

#18 JMorgan

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Posted 18 September 2007 - 04:31 AM

No, Aubrey was indeed not on GMA today. Quite disappointing.

However, I did get a chance to speak with him at length in the evening and it was a great time. He's still optimistic and I'm glad to hear that GMA wasn't the only thing the publisher had in store for him. Now that some good reviews of the book are coming in, we'll see if people start to notice.

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Posted 18 September 2007 - 05:26 AM

GOD damn it! They're more interested in Chris Crocker than Aubrey




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