What I love about this is that it’s one more nail in the coffin of the notion that “we live way longer than our ancestors thanks to our progress in science”.
From what I’ve seen, it’s in realty mostly due to less wars and pandemics, as well as decreased child mortality. Take those away, and people 5 centuries ago lived roughly as long as today.
Seems like the amount of things we die from increased to match what we’re able to cure, so that we roughly always die at the same age.
From what I’ve seen, it’s in realty mostly due to less wars and pandemics, as well as decreased child mortality. Take those away, and people 5 centuries ago lived roughly as long as today.
Seems like the amount of things we die from increased to match what we’re able to cure, so that we roughly always die at the same age.