The plausibility of SENS

One of the major hurdles to be overcome in getting people to understand the potential of anti-aging research is the immediate intuitive reaction that such a goal is simply too radical to take seriously. This posting by Leonid Gavrilov assembles some links showing that the concept is indeed taken seriously by many people who are in a position to know what they're talking about. (Link originally posted as a comment here, but it deserves to be up here where it's more prominent.)