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> Lifespan has also increased with decreased gut biome diversity. Life expectancy increase is mostly a factor of decreased death at birth or in early years. Yo
by ekianjo 4y ago
> Lifespan has also increased with decreased gut biome diversity.
Life expectancy increase is mostly a factor of decreased death at birth or in early years. You dont see an exponential increase of 100 years old. People die at about the same age as before, give or take.
- eru 4y agoMaximum ages haven't really increased much, yes; but life expectancy at eg age 10 has increased a lot, too, throughout history to modern times.
- ekianjo 4y agoAny source for this?
- sleepychu 4y agoParent's point is that you can draw a correlation to a beneficial factor without examination of whether causation exists just as easily. You correctly identify that it is unlikely your lifespan is increasing because the average gut bacteria diversity is decreasing, more likely they are simple correlated.
- watwut 4y agoThis is not true. An average adult lives longer still just not by that much. Whole bunch of deadly diseases or injuries are not deadly anymore. The work got safer and injuries happen significantly less often. What did not changed is maximum longevity people have assuming they don't get sick or injured.
- ekianjo 4y ago> The work got safer and injuries happen significantly less often. For this kind of statement about lifespan i assume that we remove all accidental deaths since they are just causing noise versus the actual lifespan
- watwut 4y agoNeither accidents nor sicknesss are noise. Both are and especially were fairly frequent reason of death. And whether you survive them has a lot to do with both medical and social improvements.