Viable Criticisms for the Radical Version of Post Ageing [5.5 and >]

Abstract

The radical version of the “post ageing” inflection point (and its exemplars) is simply not satisfied with scientific advancements to merely compress morbidity, know about the causes of the how and why of ageing, optimize ageing, or to manipulate and modify only the external environments that surround the ageing individual (e.g., assistive technology)—no, the goals are more monumental with dramatic consequences for just about every sphere of human existence. In our opinion, at the very core of the motivation and operations of SENS, and SENSE, and the possibility of a technological singularity (see Goertzel 2007; Kurzweil 2005) is to move beyond ageing so that the modus operandi in the radical version is to modify, rejuvenate, and transcend (see Harris 2010). The goal is not to simply make the best of what we have, rather it is to make more—and better—than what we have (Garreau 2005). The radical version of post ageing will only be satisfied when scientific advancements and the use of technologies can fully intervene with the internal environment of the human body and address the ultimate “limits” of human finitude and uniqueness (the epitome of intelligence). Indeed, it is the specter of mortality, the presence of death as a natural outcome of human existence that is to be reckoned with assertively, and most decisively through SENS, SENSE, and Singularity.