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Tripitaka comments on Stupid Questions, December 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Tripitaka 18 December 2015 12:34:38PM 2 points [-]

Unfortunately I have to retract my above statement, I checked https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/3fri9a/ask_aubrey_de_grey_anything/ .

Q:Does it speed up the development timeline at all? A:Aubrey de Grey, SENS[S]: A lot, yes.

No concrete timeframe, but he also gives estimates:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/3fri9a/ask_aubrey_de_grey_anything/ctr90ru

Seems as if he gives a 50yo has about 50% chance to be around when SENS comes.