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No. (And I learned some of the references for this here on Hacker News, and others by personally knowing local researchers on extreme longevity.) Life expectanc
by tokenadult 13y ago
No. (And I learned some of the references for this here on Hacker News, and others by personally knowing local researchers on extreme longevity.) Life expectancy at age 40, at age 60, and at even higher ages is still rising throughout the developed countries of the world.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=longevity-why-we-die-global-life-expectancy http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=longevity-w...
An article in a series on Slate, "Why Are You Not Dead Yet? Life expectancy doubled in past 150 years. Here’s why" gives more of the background.
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science_of_longevity/2013/09/life_expectancy_history_public_health_and_medical_advances_that_lead_to.html http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science_of_...
- Nick_C 13y agoNeither link disproves his point, which is about pre-modern life. His claim is what I've always understood too, admittedly without questioning it. But in my university studies of art history, it is common to read about Renaissance masters in their 60s and 70s. It's so common that no contemporaneous authors remark on it, which I imagine they would do otherwise.