RE: "The first person to live to [200, 300, 500, 1000] has already been born"
December 14, 2015 at 1:42 pm
(December 14, 2015 at 1:38 pm)Minimalist Wrote:(December 14, 2015 at 1:10 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: I think it's wishful thinking. The oldest verified person died more than two decades ago at 122. Since then we haven't seen the exponential spike that these well wishers seem to think will happen. In fact we've always had people who have lived into their 90s and 100s since we've kept records. So the oldest someone can live has barely gone up since we've kept track of such things. I see no reason that we'll suddenly have this giant spike in how long someone can live.
Let's face it. If that person was born in 'Murrica he has an excellent chance of being shot before he gets anywhere near 100.
Eyeroll.
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