In 1983, 35-year-old Ray Kurzweil stumbled upon himself with type II diabetes.
Because he was disgusted that insulin injections were ineffective, he chose a different treatment plan: "250 supplements + 8 to 10 cups of alkaline water + 10 cups of green tea per day", supplemented by intravenous nutrients and other means of support (referred to as "two hundred and five therapy"), hoping to activate cell reprogramming to alleviate the disease.
Picture note: Kurzweil's daily supplements have been reduced to about 100, and the picture shows the supplements he takes every day before breakfast
If you doubt that Kurzweil is having some problems with his brain because of the unusual "two-hundred-and-five therapy", you are very wrong.
He not only has no problem with his brain, but fortunately makes it very good, claiming to have an IQ of up to 165 (the same as Einstein), graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a computer science major, because he invented a series of epoch-making products such as full-font optical character recognition and blind reader, known as "Edison Heir", and also won the highest award in the field of science and technology issued by the President of the United States - the National Medal of Science, which is not an exaggeration to say that he is a genius.
And this genius from a computer background, although he has no medical or biological background, but with the fearless spirit of daring to think and dare to do not fear death, he has explored a new anti-aging path that scientists have not imagined.
The amazing two hundred and five therapies
Kurzweil had no background, but through reading the literature and self-taught, with the help of a professional, Terry Grossman, a doctor who studied longevity medicine and believed that people can live forever, he was able to achieve two hundred and five therapies.
Although jokingly called two hundred and five, in fact, this therapy is a complete system, from physical health to small vascular viscosity, all aspects, but also unexpectedly effective: not only successfully curbed Kurzweil's condition, but also improved his health and aging, it is said that he "the most serious disease he has had in recent years is mild nasal congestion", and the physiological age at the age of 67 is only more than 40 years old.
What the 250 supplements Kurzweil took remains a mystery so far, and a small part of them was revealed in his 2004 book Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever:
Among the parts of the supplements disclosed in this disclosure, there are not only the most advanced drug achievements in Western anti-aging science, but also the mysterious Chinese herbal medicine and Indian myrrh essence of the East, which fully reflects the characteristics of the supplement.
We all know that everything is compatible with each other, and the same is true of different drugs, some of which come together to amplify the common benefits, and some of which are otherwise harmless, but endanger human health. And with 250 drugs put together, it's hard to imagine what would happen. Kurzweil has not answered the question, saying only that the safety and efficacy of all drugs have been verified, which is skeptical.
Here is also a reminder that the above supplements were used by Kurzweil in 2004, and he himself is constantly adjusting the type and quantity of supplements according to the test indicators. For example, in 2008, the number of supplements he took every day had dropped to 150, and in 2015, the number was reduced to 100, so it is recommended that everyone not easily imitate.
But to be honest, there is also a threshold for imitating. According to the Financial Times interview with Kurzweil, not counting the cost of other anti-aging measures, only the money spent on supplements is as high as a few thousand dollars a day, which is almost more than $1 million a year.
The Singularity Of Eternal Life
Why Kurzweil's two-hundred-and-five therapy is so radical may be inseparable from his theory of "singularity immortality".
Believe that human beings can live forever and overcome the anti-aging celebrities, the time school has also introduced a lot, such as Dr. Aubrey de Grey, the father of SENS aging repair theory, who has published explosive remarks that "human beings will conquer aging in 20 years" (related reading: "While drinking beer and frying, while delving into anti-aging theory, he is a "clear stream" in anti-aging academic circles"); Russian bio-geek Alexey Turchin proposes a four-step strategy for immortality (related reading: How to achieve immortality?). Look at the Russian futurist's "lifespan escape" four-step walk").
And Kurzweil, as a halfway monk, opened up a new path to immortality from the perspective of computer professionalism: "Singularity Immortality".
He also made a prediction: in 2045, the singularity of robots over humans will come. At that time, with the help of genetics, nanotechnology and robotics, humans will merge with machines to get rid of the physiological shackles of the flesh and achieve immortality in the spiritual sense.
What he calls genetics is actually to treat life as a software program, to treat the genome as an ordered binary code, and to achieve the purpose of curing diseases and prolonging life through software reprogramming. Nanotechnology refers to nano-sized robots that move through our bodies as blood flows, nipping disease and aging in the bud. Robotics is about super AI with thinking, reasoning, and problem solving, which has more intelligence than humans and can solve problems that we can't solve.
The three major technologies are interlinked, and the core ideas can be summarized by the words "drag" and "etc." "Dragging" means using methods such as genetics and nanotechnology to extend their lifespan, and "waiting" means waiting for super AI to be invented and achieving immortality through consciousness uploading. The two-hundred-and-five therapy, which is difficult for outsiders to understand, was born in such a theoretical background, no matter what method is used, as long as it can strive to live until the 2045 year when the singularity comes, there is hope for eternal life.
Coincidentally, Altos Labs, an anti-aging company invested by the former world's richest man Jeff Bezos, happens to be focused on epigenetic reprogramming in the field of genetics, and the good news that makes aging mice younger has been frequently reported in recent days.
Juan Carlos Izpisua, a scientist at the company, also said in a recent interview, "In 20 years, we will stop aging." "This is very close to what Kurzweil called the year 2045 for immortality.
However, Kurzweil, who majored in computer science, compared our bodies to computers, used 250 supplements as writing new programs, and at the same time pinned his true hope for immortality on the super AI of the future, which more or less revealed some "programmer" thinking.
However, our bodies are not machines, and the wrong code can be rewritten, so what about taking the wrong medicine?
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