The Methuselah Mouse Prize

David Gobel

President

Aubrey de Grey

Chief Architect – Co-Founder

The Methuselah Foundation

www.methuselahmouse.org

Money – Lots and Lots of Money!

Today:Penalties if you look like you’re doing what you’re really doing

Moths around the wrong flame

It’s the rare person indeed who doesn’t eventually “follow the money”

Need a way to Change SocietyChange Society from Caution to Enthusiastic Cheering

Your friendly neighborhood black hole

Prize Dynamics - $1,000 a week

Prizes Generate Accelerated/increased funding (16:1) - 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 –You’ve GOT to be kidding –Private Space Travel?

Prizes enjoy a 100 % success rate as a catalyst for the impossible

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!

Within 7 years the prize will be at $10,000,000 and growing

WWW.METHUSELAHMOUSE.ORG

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!

• Richard CutlerRichard Cutler• Rich MillerRich Miller• Rick WeindruchRick Weindruch• Christian SellChristian Sell• And now…YOU are And now…YOU are

Invited!Invited!

Competing Researchers