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Length:
21 minutes
Released:
Oct 14, 2011
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Podcast episode
Description
Philosopher and author, John Gray, on The Immortalization Commission: Science and the Strange Quest to Cheat Death. In the late nineteenth century and as a consequence of Darwinism, many thinkers turned to science to solve the riddle of death. Gray explores humankind's dangerous striving toward a scientific version of immortality.
Released:
Oct 14, 2011
Format:
Podcast episode
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