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That’s the thing though. If medicine improves to stop people from dying by the aging process is not adjusted, life expectancy doesn’t really mean much. You’re s
by oneoff786 4y ago
That’s the thing though. If medicine improves to stop people from dying by the aging process is not adjusted, life expectancy doesn’t really mean much. You’re still old. Your body is weaker. Your mind is slower. You probably can’t work effectively, you just don’t die.
People like to think low life expectancies from centuries prior implied people were “old” at 40. But of course that’s false. People still age the same. Many still lived into the same typical elderly ages we see today.