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Died at 85. Not a bad run sir, not bad at all.
by datawarrior 9y ago
Died at 85. Not a bad run sir, not bad at all.
- QAPereo 9y ago85 + Skylab = Win? I think most of us can agree on that.
- maj0rhn 9y agoYou have inverted the temporal arrow. The question is not what's behind, but how much was left yet to do. Deeds left undone -- that is the tragedy.
- robotresearcher 9y agoIf you've done more than your share, you have earned your retirement and a death without regrets that is no tragedy.
- kobeya 9y agoI hope I never earn death.
- QAPereo 9y agoWe’re all getting it, might as well earn it.
- robotresearcher 9y agoYou already did.
- robotresearcher 9y agotoo late to edit: We all earned death the moment we were born. It's part of the deal of being alive and mortal. No malice intended towards the grandparent poster!
- melling 9y agoI stopped thinking like that as I approached 50. While we probably won’t make big improvements in aging, once we address a few major diseases, and devise better ways to monitor the body, it’ll be a lot more common for people to live to 100. Hopefully, Blue Zone research will give us some insight. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Zone https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Zone
- iamthirsty 9y ago> it’ll be a lot more common for people to live to 100. Would you really want to though? I'm relatively young, but after about 70 I don't think I'd really want to live anymore. This is mainly due to genetics, as the body and brain start to give around that time (in my family). I'm sure it's different for other's, but for many just the fact that their bones are brittle enough to prevent basic things would be too much of a constraint to handle.
- cjsuk 9y agoAgree. I know two people who are in their 90s and it’s no life to live.
- melling 9y agoI guess I was assuming that it’s possible to have a good life in my 90’s. Your sample size of the 2 people seems a bit anecdotal. Know anyone famous in their 90’s? Jimmy Carter Henry Kissinger Dick Van Dyke Stan Lee Chuck Yeager - broke the sound barrier Anyway, that’s your choice. I suppose if we do learn how to treat aging to delay some of the symptoms, you can always change your mind.
- cjsuk 9y agoIt's more than just the two for reference. It's either dead or dying at that age for most people. In addition, my 94 year old neighbour is housebound and has leukaemia and just wishes someone would kill him. My grandmother is 93 and she can't even recognise any members of her own family any more and just wants to go to sleep forever. That's more the state of things. The above are minor and major celebrities. They have a higher standard of care. If we can increase quality of life significantly, I'm all for it but until then, shoot me when I get to 80.