Facing Death

Dead Lucky: Life After Death on Mount Everest
03.14.2010
(was 09.05.2004)

Can science conquer death? It may seem like an absurd question, but some people think it's possible. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge we'll meet Aubrey de Grey, a maverick English scientist who's identified seven major kins of molecular and cellular damage. He thinks we can prevent all these natural cases of death and thereby extend our lives indefinitely.

  1. Aubrey de Grey on Living Forever

    Aubrey de Grey has identified seven categories of molecular and cellular damage. He says if we can prevent or repair that damage, there's no reason why people can't go on living indefinitely.

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  2. Umberto Eco on Immortality

    Umberto Eco shares his thoughts in favor of death.

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  3. Diana Athill on Memoir of 91-year-old

    Diana Athill was the editor of some of the most celebrated writers of our time, including John Updike, Simone de Beauvoir, and V.S. Naipaul.

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  4. Simon Critchley on Dead Philosophers

    Simon Critchley is the author of "The Book of Dead Philosophers," a quirky account of how various philosophers thought about death and died themselves.

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  5. Lincoln Hall on Dying on Everest

    Lincoln Hall is an Australian mountain climber. He tells Jim Fleming about his fatal adventure on Mt. Everest, the subject of his book "Dead Lucky: Life after Death on Mount Everest."

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