New research reveals longevity gains slowing, life expectancy of 100 unlikely

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Post by XzetaU8 » Sat, Aug 30, 2025, 4:15 PM UTC

New research reveals longevity gains slowing, life expectancy of 100 unlikely
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Post by Swizec » Sat, Aug 30, 2025, 5:25 PM UTC

What about quality of life adjusted life years? I don’t want to live to 100 and be miserable for the last 30

But if you can get me 90 years where I feel like a spring chicken until 89, then that’s just fine.

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Post by cronelius » Sat, Aug 30, 2025, 5:34 PM UTC

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Post by adastra22 » Sat, Aug 30, 2025, 5:42 PM UTC

There is no physical/chemical/biological reason you can’t live indefinitely with the health and vitality of a 25-35 year old. Aging isn’t a law of nature.

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Post by czhu12 » Sat, Aug 30, 2025, 5:43 PM UTC

I don’t want to be that guy but isn’t this kind of an obvious result? The main claim is that life expectancy improvements in the past century are mostly due to decreases in childhood mortality.

During the Roman period, the average life expectancy was only 22-25 years old because so many babies were dying prematurely.

If you could make it past the age of 10, then you were expected to make it to about 50, which almost doubles life expectancy.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_the_Roman_Empi...

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Post by aaronbrethorst » Sat, Aug 30, 2025, 5:45 PM UTC

cronelius wrote: post #3

bryan johnson has entered the chat

For anyone else who didn’t know the name, you may recall the shredded weirdo in the helmet from 2021: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-06-16/braintree...

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Post by wslh » Sat, Aug 30, 2025, 5:47 PM UTC

adastra22 wrote: post #4

There is no physical/chemical/biological reason you can’t live indefinitely with the health and vitality of a 25-35 year old. Aging isn’t a law of nature.

Are you watching "Alien: Earth" series?

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Post by tokai » Sat, Aug 30, 2025, 5:48 PM UTC

adastra22 wrote: post #4

There is no physical/chemical/biological reason you can’t live indefinitely with the health and vitality of a 25-35 year old. Aging isn’t a law of nature.

It out of my wheelhouse but isn't telomeres a physical/chemical/biological reason we can't live forever?

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Post by meindnoch » Sat, Aug 30, 2025, 5:48 PM UTC

cronelius wrote: post #3

bryan johnson has entered the chat

I have this feeling he's going to die way earlier than he would have if he just lived a normal life.

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Post by SoftTalker » Sat, Aug 30, 2025, 5:49 PM UTC

adastra22 wrote: post #4

There is no physical/chemical/biological reason you can’t live indefinitely with the health and vitality of a 25-35 year old. Aging isn’t a law of nature.

Odd then that every living thing ages and eventually dies?