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It’s at least 10%. We cure many cancer(s), heart disease, Alzheimer’s, etc over the next 100 years. There’s also likely a few discoveries on improving general
by melling 4y ago
It’s at least 10%. We cure many cancer(s), heart disease, Alzheimer’s, etc over the next 100 years.
There’s also likely a few discoveries on improving general health.
- lordnacho 4y agoIt's also the case that we already know what kinds of things kill people, and people aren't really sticking to the lifestyles that correspond to longer life. Someone the Queen's age was actually unlikely to make it to 100, so you'd have to improve survival quite a bit. From looking at a UK table I found, there's ~2000 people left of 100K at 99 years, 1300 left the year after. Table doesn't go to 103.
- stonemetal12 4y agoAll data I can find says expected lifespan is decreasing, not increasing.
- iisan7 4y agoSome of the discrepancy is semantics. Global maximum lifespan is improving, but that's across societies taking the best survival rate at each age. Within many societies, net longevity gains have stalled.