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Aren’t we? People are living longer than ever before. The issue is in determining effect size. I’m sure some amount of all those things you mentioned is “good”

Aren’t we? People are living longer than ever before. The issue is in determining effect size. I’m sure some amount of all those things you mentioned is “good” in some sense, but in what quantity and for how long?

azemetre 9y ago
People are "living longer" because child mortality has fallen dramatically.
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- croon 9y ago
  If in making those statistics one didn't account for that I'd be very disappointed, but it doesn't look like that's the case. [1][2] [1] http://life-span.healthgrove.com/l/51/50 http://life-span.healthgrove.com/l/51/50 [2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK62587/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK62587/
- klmr 9y ago
  Not only. Life expectancy has increased in every age group percentile. But the effect is obviously not due to tea, coffee and turmeric. Rather, it’s due, mainly, to (a) better general nutrition, (b) better hygiene, and (c) modern medicine, especially antibiotics and vaccines.