If current life expectancy trends continue, more than half of babies born in "rich nations" since 2000 will live to 100 years of age, and they'll have less disability than elderly people in previous generations. Suck it, modern day old folks!
That's the conclusion of researchers (the age, not the sucking it) who found that increases in life expectancy evident in rich nations since 1840 show no signs of slowing.
"The linear increase in record life expectancy for more than 165 years does not suggest a looming limit to human lifespan. If life expectancy were approaching a limit, some deceleration of progress would probably occur. Continued progress in the longest living populations suggests that we are not close to a limit, and further rise in life expectancy seems likely." Yep, that's an official quote.
During the 20th century, huge increases in life expectancy (30 years or more) occurred in developed nations. Even if health conditions don't improve, 75% of babies born in rich nations since 2000 can expect to live to 75, the researchers concluded. Their analysis from more than 30 developed countries revealed that death rates among people older than 80 are still falling. In 1950, the likelihood of survival from age 80 to 90 was about 16% for women and 12% for men, but that more than doubled (37% and 25%) in 2002.
And if you want to outlive any ills or disease, don't get cryogenic treatment.
The frozen head of late baseball legend Ted Williams was severely abused, according to an excerpt from the upcoming book, Frozen. The story chronicles the remains of the late Red Sox slugger in the Alcor Life Extension Foundation, a cryogenic facility in Arizona. And I would believe that it's true, since the book’s author is a former Alcor executive.
Larry Johnson, tells how Williams’ corpse became “Alcorian A-1949″ at the facility, where bodies are kept suspended in liquid nitrogen in case future generations learn how to revive them. Yes, learn. Johnson writes that in July 2002, shortly after the Red Sox slugger died at age 83, technicians with no medical certification gleefully photographed and used crude equipment to decapitate the majors’ last .400 hitter. Williams’ severed head was then frozen, and even used for batting practice by a technician trying to dislodge it from a tuna fish can.
He also adds that holes were drilled in Williams’ severed head for the insertion of microphones, then frozen in liquid nitrogen while Alcor employees recorded the sounds of Williams’ brain cracking 16 times as temperatures dropped to -321 degrees Fahrenheit. I have no idea why they'd do that, but I would like to hear those sounds.
Now, back to that tuna can...the head was balanced on an empty can of Bumble Bee tuna to keep it from sticking to the bottom of its case. Johnson describes watching as another Alcor employee removing Williams’ head from the freezer with a stick, and tried to dislodge the tuna can by swinging at it with a monkey wrench. The technician (no .406 hitter like the baseball legend) missed the can with several swings of the wrench and smacked Williams’ head directly, spraying “tiny pieces of frozen head” around the room.
Gruesome. The Williams estate paid $120,000 for Ted’s body to be “suspended.” I wonder how much they'll be asking for in the lawsuit. The story continues as Johnson is scheduled to appear on ABC’s “Nightline” this Tuesday.
That's the conclusion of researchers (the age, not the sucking it) who found that increases in life expectancy evident in rich nations since 1840 show no signs of slowing."The linear increase in record life expectancy for more than 165 years does not suggest a looming limit to human lifespan. If life expectancy were approaching a limit, some deceleration of progress would probably occur. Continued progress in the longest living populations suggests that we are not close to a limit, and further rise in life expectancy seems likely." Yep, that's an official quote.
During the 20th century, huge increases in life expectancy (30 years or more) occurred in developed nations. Even if health conditions don't improve, 75% of babies born in rich nations since 2000 can expect to live to 75, the researchers concluded. Their analysis from more than 30 developed countries revealed that death rates among people older than 80 are still falling. In 1950, the likelihood of survival from age 80 to 90 was about 16% for women and 12% for men, but that more than doubled (37% and 25%) in 2002.
And if you want to outlive any ills or disease, don't get cryogenic treatment.
The frozen head of late baseball legend Ted Williams was severely abused, according to an excerpt from the upcoming book, Frozen. The story chronicles the remains of the late Red Sox slugger in the Alcor Life Extension Foundation, a cryogenic facility in Arizona. And I would believe that it's true, since the book’s author is a former Alcor executive.
Larry Johnson, tells how Williams’ corpse became “Alcorian A-1949″ at the facility, where bodies are kept suspended in liquid nitrogen in case future generations learn how to revive them. Yes, learn. Johnson writes that in July 2002, shortly after the Red Sox slugger died at age 83, technicians with no medical certification gleefully photographed and used crude equipment to decapitate the majors’ last .400 hitter. Williams’ severed head was then frozen, and even used for batting practice by a technician trying to dislodge it from a tuna fish can.He also adds that holes were drilled in Williams’ severed head for the insertion of microphones, then frozen in liquid nitrogen while Alcor employees recorded the sounds of Williams’ brain cracking 16 times as temperatures dropped to -321 degrees Fahrenheit. I have no idea why they'd do that, but I would like to hear those sounds.
Now, back to that tuna can...the head was balanced on an empty can of Bumble Bee tuna to keep it from sticking to the bottom of its case. Johnson describes watching as another Alcor employee removing Williams’ head from the freezer with a stick, and tried to dislodge the tuna can by swinging at it with a monkey wrench. The technician (no .406 hitter like the baseball legend) missed the can with several swings of the wrench and smacked Williams’ head directly, spraying “tiny pieces of frozen head” around the room.
Gruesome. The Williams estate paid $120,000 for Ted’s body to be “suspended.” I wonder how much they'll be asking for in the lawsuit. The story continues as Johnson is scheduled to appear on ABC’s “Nightline” this Tuesday.
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