Oct 25, 2005 3:05 AM

Aubrey de Grey, ragged, bearded, pub-crawling death-hacker

http://chronicle.com/free/v52/i10/10a01401.htm

Swell article, really pries that can of worms

I can tell the difference between an eccentric and a crank. Aubrey de Grey is eccentric. This is crankhood at work, down here:

http://it.slashdot.org/it/05/10/24/1054214.shtml?tid=230&tid=218

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