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And there's the added problem of the well-established correlation between body size and longevity. If we scaled down to cat size, it is reasonable to expect we'
by iSnow 11y ago
And there's the added problem of the well-established correlation between body size and longevity. If we scaled down to cat size, it is reasonable to expect we'd die at 50 instead of 80, even taking our outsize longevity factor into account (https://musingsofajunglequeen.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/slide11.jpg https://musingsofajunglequeen.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/sl...).
- yojo 11y agoThe correlation you note is cross species. I thought within the same species it tends to be reversed (e.g. Smaller dog breeds live longer than big ones). Here's an unscientific article with a footnote that shorter people tend to live longer: http://m.mentalfloss.com/article.php?id=49358 http://m.mentalfloss.com/article.php?id=49358
- rtl49 11y agoWhat you say is true, but the proposal is to reduce the height of the human species as a whole. Thus the cross-species comparison might be applicable here (i.e. humans at their current height vs. a smaller derived species).