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Given that theory, we never see people over about 120 because...?

by unit91 8y ago

meiraleal 8y ago
Some speculations: 1. there are few, as the world has 7billion++ people today and 120 years ago it was around 1 billion. You certainly are not going to meet them. 2. Someone that is still sane past 100 years will not care about bragging his age to us younglings. 3. Finally, we don't ask these people their age. And when we do, we don't believe the answer. There are some histories of people with more than a hundred year. Li Ching Yuen[1] was a Chinese herbalist that lived more than 250 years. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Ching-Yuen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Ching-Yuen
- furgooswft13 8y ago
  > claimed lifespans, of 197 and 256 years Ah! Clearly the human age register is only 8 bits and when it overflowed his body crashed. Try to plan ahead a little better when designing human 2.0 God!
- opportune 8y ago
  What's more likely: this guy actually lived to be twice the age of the oldest (confirmed) person ever - or the guy overstated his age to make people more inclined to buy his medicine?
- tomrod 8y ago
  Any time I see these kinds of claims, I like to take a step back and think through a few points. Does it happen frequently? How much evidence would I need to shift my prior from unlikely to likely? Is someone trying to sell me something, literally or metaphorically? This skepticism is borne from living a life of being gaslighted and conned in a high-demand religion, and breaking away. I don't doubt there are occasionally a few long-tail events that skepticism causes one to miss its reality, but as far as seeking mysticism or a hidden reality (hidden by whatever underlying power, be it gods or billionaires, pick your poison) I find life much less stressful and more fulfilling with a healthy dose of skepticism.
  - JTbane 8y ago
    >This skepticism is borne from living a life of being gaslighted and conned in a high-demand religion, and breaking away. That kind of statement begs for a story.
    - tomrod 8y ago
      I don't want to threadjack, just will point out many of these stories can be found in Reddit's EX communities: exjw, exmuslim, exmormon, and similar. The evolution of these communities into support groups over time has been fascinating.
- dmichulke 8y ago
  One of the claimed reasons in the article for the longevity is Baguazhang, a modern variant of which is taught in Brazil under the name of Pakua. Just in case you want to try it out for yourself.
olavk 8y ago
Statistics. The article says mortality after 100 is about 50%. Which means out of everyone who reaches 100 years, only one in a million will reach 120 years. Since there are only half a million humans in the world who are older than 100 years, people over 120 years should be exceedingly rare. So even if there is no upper limit to the human lifespan, and mortality doesn't increase after 100, it would be very rare to see people older than 120.
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Given that theory, we never see people over about 120 because...?

by unit91 8y ago

Given that theory, we never see people over about 120 because...?

Some speculations: 1. there are few, as the world has 7billion++ people today and 120 years ago it was around 1 billion. You certainly are not going to meet them. 2. Someone that is still sane past 100 years will not care about bragging his age to us younglings. 3. Finally, we don't ask these people their age. And when we do, we don't believe the answer. There are some histories of people with more than a hundred year. Li Ching Yuen[1] was a Chinese herbalist that lived more than 250 years. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Ching-Yuen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Ching-Yuen

furgooswft13 8y ago
> claimed lifespans, of 197 and 256 years Ah! Clearly the human age register is only 8 bits and when it overflowed his body crashed. Try to plan ahead a little better when designing human 2.0 God!
opportune 8y ago
What's more likely: this guy actually lived to be twice the age of the oldest (confirmed) person ever - or the guy overstated his age to make people more inclined to buy his medicine?
tomrod 8y ago
Any time I see these kinds of claims, I like to take a step back and think through a few points. Does it happen frequently? How much evidence would I need to shift my prior from unlikely to likely? Is someone trying to sell me something, literally or metaphorically? This skepticism is borne from living a life of being gaslighted and conned in a high-demand religion, and breaking away. I don't doubt there are occasionally a few long-tail events that skepticism causes one to miss its reality, but as far as seeking mysticism or a hidden reality (hidden by whatever underlying power, be it gods or billionaires, pick your poison) I find life much less stressful and more fulfilling with a healthy dose of skepticism.
- JTbane 8y ago
  >This skepticism is borne from living a life of being gaslighted and conned in a high-demand religion, and breaking away. That kind of statement begs for a story.
  - tomrod 8y ago
    I don't want to threadjack, just will point out many of these stories can be found in Reddit's EX communities: exjw, exmuslim, exmormon, and similar. The evolution of these communities into support groups over time has been fascinating.
dmichulke 8y ago
One of the claimed reasons in the article for the longevity is Baguazhang, a modern variant of which is taught in Brazil under the name of Pakua. Just in case you want to try it out for yourself.

olavk 8y ago

Statistics. The article says mortality after 100 is about 50%. Which means out of everyone who reaches 100 years, only one in a million will reach 120 years. Since there are only half a million humans in the world who are older than 100 years, people over 120 years should be exceedingly rare. So even if there is no upper limit to the human lifespan, and mortality doesn't increase after 100, it would be very rare to see people older than 120.

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