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ideas from reading /life in the frozen state/.
author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Sun, 07 Sep 2014 21:35:52 -0700
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29 #+begin_quote 29 #+begin_quote
30 There's no end to what a man can accomplish if he doesn't care about 30 There's no end to what a man can accomplish if he doesn't care about
31 getting credit. 31 getting credit.
32 #+end_quote 32 #+end_quote
33
34 - mars life :: we could engineer life that could survive on mars
35 (probably some non-vascular photosynthetic
36 poikilohydric creature like a lichen) by taking an
37 extremophile from Antarctica and evolving it in
38 increasingly Martian conditions. This could be an easy
39 start to a terraforming process.
33 40
34 - problem with Aubrey de Grey's ideas :: Aubrey de Grey says that we 41 - problem with Aubrey de Grey's ideas :: Aubrey de Grey says that we
35 might be able to live forever by continually repairing our bodies 42 might be able to live forever by continually repairing our bodies
36 at the cellular level -- he details 7 different mechanisms of 43 at the cellular level -- he details 7 different mechanisms of
37 damage and says that if all of them are dealt with /together/ 44 damage and says that if all of them are dealt with /together/