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> they don't know themselves how they managed it I disagree. You can definitely look at oldest people and ask them how they're different from their peers who d
by givemeethekeys 2y ago
> they don't know themselves how they managed it
I disagree. You can definitely look at oldest people and ask them how they're different from their peers who died younger. You will get examples of choices that they made which lead to their longevity. Maybe they ate better, exercised better, slept more, didn't sweat the small stuff... or maybe they chose to get every single available vaccine to ensure against illness. Of course, they may also have "better" genes.
> there's the survivor bias
Well, yeah. Many people want to live "longer" - as in out survive everyone else.
- jraph 2y agoThat's not what survivorship bias means. More on this in my reply to your sibling comment. > Of course, they may also have "better" genes. That's part of the issue: they might have something different from you such that their advice may not apply to you. And since they have an exceptionally long life, they might not be like the majority. But you are likely to be like the majority (you probably don't know yet. If you knew you might not even need advice in the first place). But we don't hear much about stuff to avoid from people who died younger. Not that those people also know about a number of data point of 1 anyway. That's why we need rigorous studies.