article_snippet.sent: Aubrey de Grey (pictured)'s become something of a controversial cheerleader for a generation of tech billionaires who have made their fortunes and now, of course, want to live for ever.'
article_snippet.sent: It is a good feeling to finally be getting validation,' Aubrey de Grey (pictured) admits.
article_snippet.sent: Many academics have dismissed Aubrey de Grey (pictured) theories as pie in the sky.
article_snippet.sent: It should be noted that much of what Aubrey de Grey (pictured) says is theoretical and, critics point out, Aubrey de Grey (pictured) has never actually done any practical lab work.
article_snippet.sent: Aubrey de Grey (pictured) has been mockingly compared to a 'Messiah' figure because of Aubrey de Grey (pictured) flowing facial hair, and heads turn in the airport bar as Aubrey de Grey (pictured) bangs Aubrey de Grey (pictured) glass on the table and loudly pronounces that '150,000 people die every day worldwide and of those people, two-thirds die of ageing one way or another.
article_snippet.sent: Aubrey de Grey (pictured) is notoriously eccentric.
article_snippet.sent: Aubrey de Grey (pictured) refuses to carry a mobile phone ('anti-social, nasty things') and has never learned to drive due to a 'mental block'. '
article_snippet.sent: Cars can kill people without it being the driver's fault,' Aubrey de Grey (pictured) says.
article_snippet.sent: Aubrey de Grey (pictured) laughs: 'It keeps me busy.'