I agree that hearing the views of five key experts would be enough; by “survey”, I literally meant something like a poll or survey with a well-worded question about de Grey’s work that ended in something like a yes-or-no answer (though 50 might still be extreme).
It’s hard to tell from this post how “key” the experts who spoke to the author were, or how seriously they’d studied SENS’ research agenda and past publications (vs. mostly knowing about de Grey’s beliefs through his TED talk and other brief summaries).
I agree that hearing the views of five key experts would be enough; by “survey”, I literally meant something like a poll or survey with a well-worded question about de Grey’s work that ended in something like a yes-or-no answer (though 50 might still be extreme).
It’s hard to tell from this post how “key” the experts who spoke to the author were, or how seriously they’d studied SENS’ research agenda and past publications (vs. mostly knowing about de Grey’s beliefs through his TED talk and other brief summaries).