RE: "The first person to live to [200, 300, 500, 1000] has already been born"
December 14, 2015 at 1:10 pm
(December 14, 2015 at 3:52 am)Heat Wrote: There are many claims like this in this day and age. People have been speculating this more and more as a result of the exponential increase in technological advancement. The number may very, but it is usually closer to 500.
What are your thoughts on this?
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.
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