---
"title": "To Count Our Days: The Scientific and Ethical Dimensions of Radical Life Extension"
"description": "The prospect of dying has always fascinated, haunted and, ultimately, defined human beings. From the beginnings of civilization, people have contemplated their own mortality – and considered the possibility of immortality."
"date": "2013-08-06"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Pew Research Center"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/science/2013/08/06/to-count-our-days-the-scientific-and-ethical-dimensions-of-radical-life-extension-2/"
"categories":
  - "Biotech"
  - "Death & Dying"
  - "Health Policy"
  - "Human Enhancement"
  - "Medicine & Health"
  - "Older Adults & Aging"
  - "Religion & Bioethics"
  - "Religion & Science"
  - "Religion & Science"
---

# To Count Our Days: The Scientific and Ethical Dimensions of Radical Life Extension