From: Reason (reason@exratio.com)
Date: Thu Dec 26 2002 - 14:47:10 MST
I'm currently trying to convince him to dig up a less academic-oriented
piece of writing or digest of his research directions for a popular
audience, if he has such a thing. I've read a number of his shorter
publications and summaries that are very good and relevant, but would never
publish on the Longevity Meme because they're in academicese.
What do you mean by the ethical perspective? I didn't notice anything
particularly unusual in his writing, but then that may be more of a
statement of my views than anything else.
Reason
http://www.exratio.com/
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-extropians@extropy.org
> [mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]On Behalf Of Robert J. Bradbury
> Yes, I know Leonid. He used to do some work for me when I was still doing
> active research in Moscow.
>
> I've read his book and I think its fairly interesting. Both Leonid and
> his wife Natalia are very well read (with respect to aging research).
> Unlike many Western aging researchers (as recent list discussion
> has shown)
> they actually have taken the time to really read and think about the
> concept of aging. They are however primarily theoretical people, not
> experimentalists. The only people I might place above them on the
> theoretical level would be Steve Austad, Vladimir Anisimov and George
> Martin (though Anisimov and Martin are more experimentalists and have
> only written a little bit about aging theory).
>
> Though their technical work is fine, their ethical perspective is more
> typically Russian than Western. That should not be considered "unusual"
> but must be taken into account if you want to work with them.
>
> Robert
>
> On Thu, 26 Dec 2002, Reason wrote:
>
> > Anyone on the list know what's what with this chap and his
> aging research?
> >
> > http://www.src.uchicago.edu/~gavr1/
> >
> > Legitimate? Useful? New/old/uncertain/irrelevant? I'm certainly not in a
> > position (yet) to tell right from wrong or make educated guesses on the
> > science when the topic doesn't have anything to do with stars
> blowing up.
> >
> > Reason
> > http://www.exratio.com/
> >
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