This article was published in the NST today. I enjoyed meeting Professor Rattan and really enjoyed listening to his 'pseudo-intellectual pontificating'. Here are 2 of my favourite passages from the article:
'Why exactly do we age? From a biological perspective, ageing happens when a species has lived longer than its essential life span (which is the necessary time required for the species to reproduce). For homo sapiens, this is approximately 35 to 40 years. After this, the ageing process begins — Rattan'
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“Why I’ve stuck my neck out and done this pseudo-intellectual pontificating is because I don’t like the misuse of the word ‘spiritual’. Most of the time, religions have what’s called the ‘fear factor’. Science takes away this fear and everything has to be explained by humans. Not by a ‘God’. To do this, scientists have to live and talk to each other.”
To read more, click here: Health: Science and spirituality of ageing http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/Health_Scienceandspiritualityofageing/Article#ixzz1aQfqPMQe
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