The argument/idea that we should concentrate resources on preventing old age (and therefore age-associated diseases that kill) thereby dramatically increasing the human life span with an eye toward increasing it indefinitely is not a scientific concept.
Agreed, that’s more of a moral/political argument. But it is only one aspect of the topic “defeating death”. For example: “aging can be cured” and “cryonics can delay death” are legitimate scientific concepts.
Defeating death has no business being in that list.
Edit: I agree with lsparrish’s caveat
Please elaborate on what you think the author intended by those words, or whether you are responding to the literal interpretation.
It isn’t a scientific concept.
What isn’t?
The argument/idea that we should concentrate resources on preventing old age (and therefore age-associated diseases that kill) thereby dramatically increasing the human life span with an eye toward increasing it indefinitely is not a scientific concept.
Agreed, that’s more of a moral/political argument. But it is only one aspect of the topic “defeating death”. For example: “aging can be cured” and “cryonics can delay death” are legitimate scientific concepts.