The Methuselah Mouse Prize

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The Methuselah Mouse Prize

• David Gobel
• President
• Aubrey de Grey
• Chief Architect Co-Founder
• The Methuselah Foundation
• www.methuselahmouse.org

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Money Lots and Lots of Money!
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TodayPenalties if you look like youre doing
what youre really doing
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Moths around the wrong flame
Its the rare person indeed who doesnt
eventually follow the money
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Need a way to Change Society from Caution to
Enthusiastic Cheering
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Your friendly neighborhood black hole
Prize Dynamics - 1,000 a week
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Prizes Generate Accelerated/increased funding
(161) - huge media - cheering fans - drama

• Longitude Prize Impossible Like Perpetual
  Motion
• French Academy of Sciences Highly unlikely
• Orteig Prize Just A matter of time Spirit of
  St. Louis
• Xprize Youve GOT to be kidding Private Space
  Travel?

Prizes enjoy a 100 success rate as a catalyst
for the impossible
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Moral Hazard Let the other guy contribute I
can take the pill whether I contribute or not

• Telethon Style Tote board
• SETI? Drake Equation
• Lifeline Conjecture Roll your own estimates
• This is your life take it or leave it
• Well, at LEAST do it for your kids!

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Within 7 years the prize will be at 10,000,000
and growing
WWW.METHUSELAHMOUSE.ORG
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Must be an INTERNATIONAL Competition - to bring
out the big money! Why? It puts National Pride
(and budget on the table. Contact Aubrey or
Dave Gobel to see how to get involved!
Competing Researchers

• Richard Cutler
• Rich Miller
• Rick Weindruch
• Christian Sell
• And nowYOU are Invited!