Dr George Leeson commented on increasing life expectances in a recent article by Chris Menon ‘Who wants to live forever?’ published in Reader’s Digest.
Recently, efforts to extend the healthy human lifespan have achieved much publicity following the backing of visionary, super-rich Silicon Valley tech entrepreneurs. However, even among scientists, opinions differ greatly as to what is feasible and the likely time scales.
“Life expectancy today is 80 years. Let’s say it goes up to 110 over the next 100 years—that’s a 30 year increase, which is not unlikely. That’s exactly the sort of increase we’ve had over the past 100 years," said Leeson.
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