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Average lifespan has increased because of changes on the low end. Fewer people are dying young. There has been very little movement on the upper end of lifespan
by gizmo686 5y ago
Average lifespan has increased because of changes on the low end. Fewer people are dying young. There has been very little movement on the upper end of lifespan. The current trend of improvement has a natural wall at about 100-110 average lifespan.
Having said that, I suspect that once we crack aging, we may blow past the current limit and see a relativly sudden jump in lifespan
- f6v 5y agoCancer therapies might result in significant gains. We already see CAR T to be very effective. Hopefully we’ll finally crack Alzheimer’s and the likes as well.
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoYeah. Living longer, but spending more of the time senile is... not exactly a win.