My notion that serious work on SMA would add 5-10 years of life is just a wild-assed guess.
In general making estimates like that isn’t easy.
From my perspective there are two points to be made: 1) The average person who wants to life a long term would profit from doing some form of somatics. I think you are right that it’s likely less than a decade of additional life years for the average person with current systems. 2) Even if we solve all those issues that SENS plans to solve people will still die due to SMA. SMA happens to be neglegted in popular antiaging discussion even when it’s an important part. As a result it doesn’t get the scientific researcht that it needs.
Yes.
In general making estimates like that isn’t easy.
From my perspective there are two points to be made:
1) The average person who wants to life a long term would profit from doing some form of somatics. I think you are right that it’s likely less than a decade of additional life years for the average person with current systems.
2) Even if we solve all those issues that SENS plans to solve people will still die due to SMA. SMA happens to be neglegted in popular antiaging discussion even when it’s an important part. As a result it doesn’t get the scientific researcht that it needs.