How is it misleading ? There's no reason for child mortality not to count.
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Life expectancy to break 90 barrier by 2030 (US has lowest life expectancy)
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Gym doesnt make you older. Excersize is good ofcourse but getting big muscles only fastens the aging process with the constant growing process. Its ofcourse better then no excersize at all.
Well unless you go to the gym for cardio mostly and light muscle building, thats better
Zen_Arcade
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I don't want to live past 75 anyway.
Nope. America lacks those systems because conservatives don't want minorities to benefit.
Come on. I know 80 year olds that have more energy than me at 36.
Moose Biscuits
It would be extreamly painful...
Yeah but I know (or at least know of) a LOT more people not even that age who are basically walking dead. IF you exercise all the time, IF you give up all the nice food, IF you have good genetics and don't just get a hereditary heart problem or stroke or cerebral aneurysm or other bullshit then MAYBE you might avoid getting hit by a car or shot or stabbed or killed by pneumonia long enough so that you can be one of those annoying sprightly old people. Who are still made of glass, by the way.
No it doesn't. As long as productivity increases thanks to Robotics and the like.
Same. Don't see the appeal in living that long at all. Especially not with the way things are going in this country.
KillerMan91
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This is easy to say if you still have decades until you are 75. I would bet a lot of money that most of the time when people say things like this the reality is that when they would be 75 they would choose option ''give me more years'' over death.
AdventureRacing
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No doubt about it. My other thought is that some people must living boring lives to think that. I've accepted that it's not possible but I've no doubt that I could live well beyond a human lifespan and never run out of things to see, do and experience.
Most people look at rising life expectancies and think "this means we will live longer" (especially when it comes to retirement) but when it's mostly about kids dying less that means people aren't getting older. Kids not dying changes nothing about the retirement system.
boxoctosis
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Life expectancies at older ages are rising too, is not just improvements in child mortality that we are seeing. There's been improvements in longevity across all ages over past decades.
http://life-span.healthgrove.com/l/86/85
Prolonging life is a misnomer, what we have now is prolonging good health. Today's 75 years old people are - on average - more vital than 3 decades ago.
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