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So what are the chances that somebody under the age of 30 today will live longer than 200 years?

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zero?

>> No.2329526

about zero, even assuming we find some prolonging life drug, you will still become an alzheimers riddled simpleton or die of cancer, just at a later age

>> No.2329533

The chances are very very small. Contrary to popular belief, the average life span of a human being will not be extended significantly in any way. Any medfag knows this.

>> No.2329536

your body may indeed reach to be 200 years old, however your brain will have long since been dead.

>> No.2329548

To play devil's advocate to all the naysayers, here's a pretty good TED talk by Aubrey de Grey:
http://www.ted.com/talks/aubrey_de_grey_says_we_can_avoid_aging.html
He goes so far as to say the first 1000-year-old has already been born.

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>>2329526
>mfw you've never heard of the Manhattan Beach Project

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>>2329590
Apparently, extra eyes are a side effect of the life-extending therapies of the future.

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>>2329457
0%

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