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Comment author: Desrtopa 13 February 2013 02:18:56PM 2 points [-]

While I laud his intention to survive the disease, there is another approach to carrying it out. ALS is not necessarily fatal

Comment author: lsparrish 13 February 2013 07:23:51PM 4 points [-]

Aaron notes that his scores are relatively bad, and he is likely to die soon because of this:

50% of everyone diagnosed will die within 2 to 3 years of the onset of the disease. 80% will be gone in 5 years. And only 10% go on to survive a decade, most of them locked in, paralyzed completely, similar to Stephen Hawking. Sadly, my scores put me on the fast track of the 50%, and I am coming up quickly on 3 years.

Hal Finney is apparently still alive as of November 2012, but he hasn't been very active online since 2010. Anyone have an update on how he's doing?

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