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You think we're going to be living into our 800s?

• huherto 13y ago
  No, he thinks our parents only lived 8 years.
• gojomo 13y ago
  Perhaps he means 'order of magnitude' in base e. Or 2. Or even phi.
• scarmig 13y ago
  I thought about this and I can construct some logic to support his phrasing. Suppose we figure out how to end aging, but people continue to die at the same mortality rate as the 25-34 year old group. That's roughly 1/1000 per year. (999/1000)^692 = 0.5 If we could nudge that mortality rate down a bit, 800 seems like a pretty good ballpark estimate.
• gte910h 13y ago
  Apparently actuarial tables put us at about 600 w/o aging (accidents, etc)