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Teams of scientists, amateurs and crackpots compete to see who can induce the longest life of minimally acceptable quality in a human being.
Each team starts with an infant (possibly earlier?) and possibly an entrance fee. Each time a threshold age of longevity (20,30...80) is achieved, the greater
the incremental financial award received, with the grand prize for the longest-lived infant.
Added incentive to achieve longevity techniques? Contestants themselves probably hope to live long enough to enjoy increasingly rewarding longevity.
Methuselah's Children - R.A.Heinlein
http://en.wikipedia...uselah%27s_Children
The Howard Foundation rewards long-lived genetic family lines. [FlyingToaster, Sep 20 2012]
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Since, pretty much by definition, the winning infant would outlive the team responsible for it's life, what's the incentive? |
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Also, you know, this would be illegal, immoral, unethical, and just plain bad. |
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Isn't there some old saw that goes something like "the best revenge is living well" ? |
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This is going to end with one of these children tracking down [420]. "Hello [420], are you surprised to see me?" |
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Our definitions of 'increasingly rewarding' must vary. |
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Who determines //life of minimally acceptable quality in a human being//? |
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This comes down to parenting with reference to the usual theorists, but this time theorists with a vested interest involved. A time will come when the children will choose whether to stay involved (choose life?) and laws are quite specific about what sticks but not what carrots can be used. |
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