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How long would humans live on average if they don't die from age? 150 years? Mentally what can we handle? Everyday dangers, traffic, disease etc. Some crabs or
by sschueller 5y ago
How long would humans live on average if they don't die from age? 150 years? Mentally what can we handle? Everyday dangers, traffic, disease etc.
Some crabs or lobsters don't die from natural causes from what I have heard but eventually get eaten by pray or die due to some other reason.
- rasz 5y agoAging is one thing, but humans have a lot of wear parts. Teeth and joints.
- rvanlaar 5y agoProbably people would die from cancers.
- lumost 5y agoYoung organisms seemingly carry defenses against cancers that atrophy with age. There is no cross species correlation which says that cancer is inevitable.
- sinenomine 5y agoNot only that, there is a well-known https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peto%27s_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peto%27s_paradox highlighting that per-cell cancer rate has to drop to support long lifespans of large animals with huge amount of cells, and indeed it does.
- zabzonk 5y ago> but eventually get eaten A "natural cause" if I ever heard of one!
- sinenomine 5y agoJudging by sparse centenarian studies, transthyretin amyloidosis seems to be a factor limiting human lifespan to ~120 years: https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2019/07/the-question-of-a-limit-to-human-life-span/ https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2019/07/the-question-of-... Current understanding of amyloid diseases is improving due to race to find a treatment for Alzheimer's, so it's not inconceivable that a focused effort could find a therapy ameliorating this condition.