Comments on: A Life Not Long

By: One life to live, live it well « =)

One life to live, live it well « =) — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:08:52 +0000

[...] 29, 2008 in random musings I read this blogpost and it got me thinking..well to be honest..this has been on my mind for a while..I like [...]

By: Points of interest 4/12 « Mind, Soul, and Body

Points of interest 4/12 « Mind, Soul, and Body — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:24:56 +0000

[...] Bob at The Doctor is In has a beautiful piece on life, our endless quest to extend longevity and its cost, pondering what it means to be [...]

By: dave.s.

dave.s. — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:55:40 +0000

I squandered a LOT of time reading science fiction. And got some useful ideas, mental furniture, though not at as good a rate as I would have had I done some other things I ought have been doing.
Anyway, one story I read concerned humans in some far future contacting other sentient races, most all had life spans like ours. But one had a life span of four hundred years. And they never advanced beyond where we were in the 1950s, really. The suggestion in the story was, there were too many guys who had ideas, and were immovable, and they were in place.
So think about it: you are a doc, and Semmelweis is still in practice. Or the guys who treated Washington with leeches. Senator Bilbo still represents Mississippi. The people who try and claim the Founding Fathers would support their point of view if they could but be asked – so, go ahead, ask them! Mozart is nearing the end of his career, and writing the music for the Harry Potter movies. Agassiz is still at Harvard, still tenured, and still fighting against the Darwinist doctrine.
It’s not much of a recipe for human progress. “Lead, follow, or get out of the way” kind of depends on our getting out of the way.

By: Mary Mattison

Mary Mattison — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:19:19 +0000

Dr. Bob,
I am a faithful reader of your site. You bless us all by your grace and love filled writing. Thank you.