When it comes to “technically induced” #centenarians, well some of the craziest attempts to reach immortality or eternal youth by humans have been so far the following:
- The man who injected himself with extracts from the #testicles of guinea pigs and dogs,
- The monks who #mummify themselves to death in the hopes of achieving immortality,
- People who are being #cryogenically frozen after death, hoping one day that they will be properly unfreezed and revitalised,
- #Qin Shi Huang who tried to become immortal by drinking mercury (Chinese alchemists spent centuries formulating elixirs of life with toxic mercury, gold, sulfur and plants; as a matter of fact the formula for gunpowder was originally an attempted elixir of immortality…),
- #Gilgamesh, the tragic figure symbolizing man's vain but endless drive for fame, glory, and immortality,
- The scientists who believe studying box #jellyfish (has incredible regenerative powers) is the key to immortality,
- Strange people who drink a potion made with #menstrual #blood or use it as a face mask to stay young (menstrual blood-derived stem cells, MenSCs),
- The famous blood countess #Bathory who did whatever necessary to get younger people's blood and then she bathed in their blood to retain her youth,
- Rich people who are infusing themselves with the #blood of young people,
- And people who want to have #embalm and #preserve their brain and upload their "consciousness" into an android (digital brain) - whatever consciousness means of course - while choosing for a body among a collection of robots.
https://medium.com/@avocado_2015/longevity-industry-and-top-startups-3219c47723de
