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Does the human lifespan have a limit?

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Re: Does the human lifespan have a limit?

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Post by tim333 »

hourislate wrote: post #181
gmadsen wrote: post #169

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considering he leads a research group at Harvard that publishes in high profile journals, you could actually look at the peer reviewed research, instead of relying on your "hunch"

It's old news but did you know, He did fuck GSK for 750 million? Basically no one could ever replicate his study. GSK should have done thier homework so boohoo for them but still all is not what it seems. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAFnD27ffqE

Well at least he isn't exiting quickly after having made his million bucks. I sometimes take NMN. I have no idea if it works or not.

Re: Does the human lifespan have a limit?

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Post by cheese_goddess »

piyh wrote: post #178
ck2 wrote: post #126

Extending life is a fantasy of the middle-aged who are still feeling great and imagine it forever. You won't get it until you pass a certain year, where like an old car, things suddenly start failing one at a time where everything was fine for years. Diseases, illnesses like Covid can cause radical aging, one year you are turning 55 but Covid now makes it like you are 65 because all your organs, body and brain have b…

We've only had organ transplants for 60 years. I'd like to know how far we could push it in a world where we have a donor organ pool grown to order and a preventative approach to organ replacement. Take the guy with a pig heart and extend that tech 60 years out, then take the richest man on earth who will spare no expense for him and his statistically significant pool of people willing to undergo this experiment with…

Keep in mind that transplanted organ recipients must take immunosuppresants for life and that transplanted orgrans eventually fail, usually within a decade or so. Being on immunosuppressants means even a common cold can kill you without medical care. This is probably more of a limiting factor for long-term survival by continuous transplants than the availability of donors.

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Post by imagin8or »

D-Coder wrote: post #162
thechao wrote: post #88

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I’ve read Protector many times over the years, and this summary misses only one thing: he’s a superstrong duck.

It also misses that it's not an _ordinary_ sweet potato.

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Re: Does the human lifespan have a limit?

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Post by imagin8or »

ttcbj wrote: post #105

My grandparents are now 95 and 96 (just shy of their 75th wedding anniversary). They are wonderful people, but it is clear that life is hard for them now. They have chronic pain and nothing can really be done about it. They have very limited opportunities for enjoyment or activity. Watching them, and also my mother struggle with health issues at 73, has really changed my perspective on aging. I am very focused on enj…

I have a gut feeling that as physical medicine has advanced faster than neuro or psychiatric medicine, people will live long enough to want to die, and euthanasia (self or pre arranged) will become acceptable, even normal.

I would choose to give my children financial benefits instead of years of late life medicine, even if I could afford to live over 100.

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Post by stoneman24 »

D-Coder wrote: post #162
thechao wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’ve read Protector many times over the years, and this summary misses only one thing: he’s a superstrong duck.

It also misses that it's not an _ordinary_ sweet potato.

If I remember correctly, it also needs thallium to grow. So the plant doesn’t grow on earth.

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Post by tim333 »

thaw13579 wrote: post #164
Enginerrrd wrote: post #107

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Oh man, you wouldn't believe the flak I got for arguing that 90+ year olds wanting to see their family during COVID restrictions was actually a rational decision for them. They had a much higher annual risk of dying anyway than they did of catching and dying from COVID given the prevalence rates at the time and assuming standard family gathering sizes. I'm not even sure their risk was strictly greater given the affec…

It's only rational if you ignore the secondary effects on others. It could increase community spread and ICU usage and thus increase the risk of death for others who didn't make that choice. The other likely causes of death (heart disease, cancer, and stroke) do not spread.

The people doing most community spreading weren't the 90 year olds.

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Post by tim333 »

FL33TW00D wrote: post #3

Whenever this topic comes up, I’m always reminded of the fact that the bible knew of this long before any statistician. 'My spirit shall not abide in man for ever, for he is flesh; his days shall be a hundred and twenty years' (Gen. 6:3). As a non Christian this always baffles me.

Bible fans should really study up on how Noah lived 950 years. Maybe ark building is good for health?

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Post by hourislate »

hndamien wrote: post #112
henryw wrote: post #111

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Dr. Sinclair's book Lifespan ( https://www.amazon.com/Lifespan-Why-Age_and-Dont-Have/dp/150... ) talks about extending the health span of people. I've been personally taking 1g/day of NMN for almost 3 years now, and I feel like aging has paused or is going backwards slowly.

Where can you get NMN?

There is no evidence it works taken orally. Save your money.

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Post by alar44 »

starwind wrote: post #121
ttcbj wrote: post #105

My grandparents are now 95 and 96 (just shy of their 75th wedding anniversary). They are wonderful people, but it is clear that life is hard for them now. They have chronic pain and nothing can really be done about it. They have very limited opportunities for enjoyment or activity. Watching them, and also my mother struggle with health issues at 73, has really changed my perspective on aging. I am very focused on enj…

That's where my grandparents are right now. They retired in their early 60s, and they have a solid income between ss, pension, and 401k, but their healthcare takes up more-and-more of that money and they still struggle with their health. And just what have they done with their 30-odd years since they retired? They didn’t travel, pick up new hobbies, or finish their educations. Retirement isn’t my goal. I want to work…

Lmao. So says the 20 something.
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