Swap out "aging", and swap in "cancer."
Would you trust the person holding that sign? Especially if they had something to sell?
Our ability to treat (not cure) cancer is far more sophisticated than our ability to treat aging. This type of rhetoric, put bluntly, does not lend credibility to transhumanist movements.
81-year-old Fashion Week model: 'Life exists beyond 50'
http://thelook.today.com/_news/2012/09/10/13778903-81-year-old-fashion-week-model-life-exists-beyond-50?lite