Some humans alive today will live up 150!

[Champ]

Some human beings alive today will live to the age of 150, a prominent researcher has claimed.
Steven Austad, of the University Of Texas Health Science Center, told BBC World Service's Discovery programme that life span for a human being may be much longer than most people have considered possible.

And he said that he was virtually certain some children alive now would live to the year 2150.

"The evolutionary picture of the human being is quite an interesting one, because what we've managed to do is create an environment for ourselves that is much safer than anything we've lived in before," he explained.

"So even in the absence of medical advances, with just evolutionary change, in the foreseeable future one would expect humans to age at a slower and slower and slower rate."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3761310.stm

[joeybee12]

1. Well, if only the good die young, I'm going to be 160!

Seriously, I think the really cranky people are the ones who stick around. That's me--young(ish) but already cranky as all hell. You're gonna have to put up with me for a long, long, time!

[Grillymom]

2. So, does that mean Socual Securty age will be bumped to 112?

[joeybee12]

5. Well, if Dumbo is re-appointed, SS will be gone by 2006!!!!

[mom cat]

3. If there is any life left on earth, that is.

[rockymountaindem]

4. I'm 17...

does this mean the Republicans will be putting up with me for over another 130 years? In your collective face, conservatives!

[joeybee12]

6. Hooray! Give 'em hell--but remember, it's the evil ones who live

the longest. Some 17-year-old Repuke will try to play last tag with you in the year 2150!

[kcwayne]

7. Only extremely rich people could live this long

Once you run out of funds to keep doctors interested in giving you expensive medical care, you will die.

But the real challenge will be able to stay alive in the midst of a world immersed in total chaos if the Repukes keep running around the globe starting wars and stealing resources. On that basis, the average life expectancy should drop to around 25.

[AndyTiedye]

9. Then How Come Most Who Live Past 100 Aren't Rich?

[kcwayne]

11. Because to live that long, you have spent what you have?

And by definition get poorer.

Plus, many nursing home facilities that provide care until death require that you cough up all of your assets.

[iconoclastic cat]

8. Sheesh---not me, man.

I think I'd rather check out in a timely fashion.

[Swede]

10. You mean I have to work an extra 80 years. Fuck!

I was looking forward to slacking off at 65.