The Three Hundred Now Stands At 127 Members
I have been lax in welcoming our most recent supporters to The Three Hundred, philanthropists of (mostly) modest means, all determined to see science bring an end to the frailty, disease and suffering caused by aging. In my defense, new supporters have been arriving rapidly! A warm welcome to James R. Plante, Mats-Erik Pistol, Richard Leis, Jr. and Arif Akhtar:
I have seen first hand the medical effects of ageing and how it destroys people mentally and physically. There is no logical reason why it cannot be curtailed and this is a truly noble pursuit as it should help to reduce the suffering of countless numbers of people. If we have the potential to stop ageing/death then it would be ethically unsound not to fulfill it....
It is time to put money where my hopes are.
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I pledge, like Justin Bonomo, to donate 5% of my poker winnings to SENS research. Unfrotunately I am not of his standards but still ... . I find it hard to use this money for a better cause than SENS research. Even if SENS is flawed, which I doubt, it must be tremendously valuable to get rid of "junk" in the body, as one example.
Thank you all for your generosity in support of Methuselah Foundation initiatives such as the Mprize for longevity research and funding for SENS research.