RE: Research into Ageing and Longevity

Well written post!

I think one of the things that's holding research back is that the majority of people in the world think we're already immortal, as crazy as that sounds!

I'm talking about religious people, of course, who are the majority of the world. They don't see the need to invest in something that's already here. And the non-religious mostly don't realize that, even though they've rejected God, they haven't rejected all the values that underpin the religious worldview they grew up with. They internalize religion's death-loving or anti-life values, and this comes out in the form of silly arguments like 'But what about overpopulation?' or 'But wouldn't eternal life get boring?' etc.