Do you think science will ever find a way for human life expectancy to surpass 100 years?
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Do you think science will ever find a way for human life expectancy to surpass 100 years?
Wouldn’t surprise me. Life expectancy grows longer and longer. If we were back in the 1700’s, I’d likely be dead by the age I am now. And I’m not even 50….yet. 😃
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I wonder how long it will take?
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Who knows. I don’t trust the FDA. It wouldn’t surprise me if they suppress things that would eradicate diseases. There’s no money in good health. 😏
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Maybe, but, I think it won’t be by a lot. We have a lot of potentially replaceable parts, except for one, the brain. And, the means to significantly extend an active and functioning life are likely to be expensive and benefit only the most wealthy and powerful. Aside from increasing the already glaring inequality in medical care, I’m not sure having some of those people around and in charge for decades longer is a good idea.
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If it were to happen I believe it would take another couple hundred years.
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My question would be why would you want to?
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No answering questions with a question! lol Seriously though, I’m sure someone back in 1712 asked the same thing about living to 50.
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probably, but I am not sure I could manage 100 plus years on this planet.
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I’m not sure I could either. 🙂
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Apparently not according to a guy on BBC Radio 4 (note I used BBC to give it credence 😂) He said there is a limit to how long our cells etc can survive no matter what. But as it’s goodtobecraztsometimes said ‘Why would you?’ there’s only so many times you can climb Everest 🤪
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Some scientists hold the opinion that in several hundred years humans will have discovered science to allow humans to live well past 200 years old. I don’t buy into the theory.
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If I cannot live the way I want, then why would I wan to continue on, just to live beyond my usefulness? I do not think we were meant to live that long. Your question should be …. If you could prolong your pet’s life to live as long as you, would you. Then by all means, YES!, YES! YES!
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But some would argue that people made the same argument 300 years ago when the expectancy was under 60. Why would anyone want to live beyond 60?
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Good point. It depends on the circumstances though. I had two major knee surgeries within 6 months of each other last year. One was ACL reconstruction, and the other was a total knee replacement. I am fighting hard to come back to where I was before the surgeries, and because I am an athlete, I probably fight harder than most people, and let me tell you, it has been a struggle. I know I will never be 100% again, but I’m close.
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I think so. People over the age of 90 were rare in the 1960’s. The age of retirement was set at 65 because people usually died by 70. In 1965, age sixty-five was more like seventy-five, mostly because of bad habits. This changed when science began to connect behaviors to health. The debate over smoking and cancer caused people to examine other bad habits. The result: Age 65 is now more like age 55 for people who’ve spent a lifetime exercising and practicing good nutritional habits. Exercise and eating well slow the aging process. According to Smithsonian Magazine, 72,197 Americans are now aged 100 or older. I’m confident medical science will continue to find new ways to slow the aging process and extend the human lifespan.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/sep/27/rise-in-uk-life-expectancy-slows-significantly-figures-show
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I agree, but I believe it will take many generations.
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Perhaps, but it is beginning to happen. The real obsticle is the self destructive aspect of human nature.
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Possibly but not if we don’t find and answer to climate change. Homo sapiens will not be living over 100 or even to 100 unless we slow down climate change.
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Climate change has been an ongoing event on Earth for millions of years. Cold to hot. Hot to cold. It is inevitable regardless of what humans do as it is a natural occurrence.
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I am aware that is is part of the natural cycle and sometimes that cycle has moved quickly but never as fast as it is now. So human activity has sped up the natural cycle this time around.
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People are already living past 100.
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Yes but life expectancy is only 78.
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Many people already live past 100 years without the need of science, in different regions of world. Why wouldn’t you just follow their examples instead of involving a lab, if that’s truly the desired result.?
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Science involves so much more than lab work. Science also involves understanding the human body to a better level and discovering cures for diseases.
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Maybe. Because with the development of medical science we definitely are living longer. But the real thing will be when science can make man innortal.
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Immortal
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I think immortality will be a unrealistic venture. I don’t think we will ever be able to stop cell decay.
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We may. We may not. But the day if such things happen… things will not be okay in the society
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