Posted on 02/26/2013 11:31:11 AM PST by US Navy Vet
Human longevity has improved so rapidly over the past century that 72 is the new 30, scientists say.
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, Germany, said progress in lowering the odds of death at all ages has been so rapid since 1900 that life expectancy has risen faster than it did in the previous 200 millennia since modern man began to evolve from hominid species.
The pace of increase in life expectancy has left industrialized economies unprepared for the cost of providing retirement income to so many for so long
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The answer to the ultimate question thereof. Including life and the universe. Nobody yet knows the question itself, though . . .
"But if 17 is the old jailbait, the new jailbait is 7. So I should be good.
he say you bwaderunner..
Actually, the Hokey-Pokey is what its all about.
So 60 is the new 18?
Two points,
1) if this is true, the fed gov can hold off paying Soc Sec until who knows how old?
2) after the Death Panels are in full operation, the original premise will quickly become void.
I’m 40 and I feel like I was just born!!!! Yeah...right!!!!
72 year old women are not fertile. 30 year old women are. I would not want to mislead women into thinking that there fertility is going to last longer just because they are expected to live longer. If they want children, they should not put this off.
17 used to get you twenty. now 72 will get you 30????
I hate this new math. :)
This is such BS.
So, they gonna use this to say you’re not eligible for social security until you’re 90 now?
LOL...I know many of the type you describe!
I’m disappointed, nobody posted a picture of Helen Thomas yet.
I’ve got my towel just in case we find out.
30 is the new -12.
No matter how many extra years we get in this life checkout time eventually comes for us all.
Sorry, sex with anyone under the age of 38 will now be considered pedophilia.
I’m 64 and, God willing, I will work until I am at least 70. Try telling my arthritic knees, ankles, and feet that they are just approaching the “new 30.” They would reply: “I’ve been 30 and I know what I felt like at 30; this ain’t 30.
IMHO, this is just a young policy wonk looking to give cover to weasley politicians taking earned benefits away by redefining retirement age gates.
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