What is Pro-aging trance?
'''Pro-aging trance''' is a social [[phenomenon]] in which people gloss over [[aging]] and [[death]] for reasons that are often irrational.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bagalà|first=Nicola|date=2018-10-26|title=Emerging From the Trance {{!}} Lifespan.io|url=https://www.lifespan.io/news/emerging-from-the-trance/|access-date=2021-10-25|website=www.lifespan.io|language=en-US}}</ref> For example, they say that death is a necessary thing that gives life a [[Meaning of life|meaning]].<ref>{{Citation|last=[[CGP Grey]]|title=Why Die?|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C25qzDhGLx8|language=en|access-date=2022-08-26}}</ref> The term was invented by [[Aubrey de Grey]], a British author and gerontologist. He sees the pro-aging trance as a big barrier to combating aging. This is because the development of [[anti-aging]] medicine is delayed if there is no public support and acceptance of them.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Peikoff|first=Kira|date=2018-01-31|title=Anti-Aging Pioneer Aubrey de Grey: “People in Middle Age Now Have a Fair Chance”|url=https://leaps.org/anti-aging-pioneer-aubrey-de-grey-people-middle-age-now-fair-chance/|access-date=2021-10-25|website=leaps.org|language=en}}</ref> == References == <references /> [[Category:Gerontology]]