Brad Kearns: Longevity Science is Wrong - Don't Succumb to BS Commentary and Self-Limiting Beliefs
Let's talk about longevity and how the science can sometimes be BS.
A listener recently shared a prominent news story with me that suggests that humanity is hitting the upper limit of life expectancy and that people will top out at a maximum age of around 87, 90 for women and 84 for men. To quote the lead study author, S.J. .Olshansky, professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at University of Illinois, Chicago: “We’re basically suggesting that as long as we live now is about as long as we're going to live, we're squeezing less and less life out of these life-extending technologies.”
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