Bit late but Aubrey de Grey in his latest reddit AMA estimates that Crispr/CAS9 cuts off about 20 (!) years of the SENS/immortality timeline.
As a man approaching 50, I desperately hope this is true.
Unfortunately I have to retract my above statement, I checked https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/3fri9a/ask_aubrey_de_grey_anything/ .
Q:Does it speed up the development timeline at all? A:Aubrey de Grey, SENS[S]: A lot, yes.
No concrete timeframe, but he also gives estimates:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/3fri9a/ask_aubrey_de_grey_anything/ctr90ru
Seems as if he gives a 50yo has about 50% chance to be around when SENS comes.
Bit late but Aubrey de Grey in his latest reddit AMA estimates that Crispr/CAS9 cuts off about 20 (!) years of the SENS/immortality timeline.
As a man approaching 50, I desperately hope this is true.
Unfortunately I have to retract my above statement, I checked https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/3fri9a/ask_aubrey_de_grey_anything/ .
No concrete timeframe, but he also gives estimates:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/3fri9a/ask_aubrey_de_grey_anything/ctr90ru
Seems as if he gives a 50yo has about 50% chance to be around when SENS comes.