I didn't consider any religious aspects, not being religious or having any trust in the science of nomadic goat herders from millennia ago.
The guarded quote I recall estimated that a few lucky first world children might just keep catching each scientific wave of discovery, to keep going. Obviously females live longer as less die from violence, and less polluted areas of safe developed countries give the greatest chance.
Think it through. Where were we 200 years ago? Pasteur hadn't developed germ theory, electricity and refrigeration were unknown, and there were no antibiotics. What will happen in the next 200 years that we have no inkling of?
cthia wrote:Daryl wrote:There is an extra dimension to this. If prolong adds an other 200 years what may be developed during that time? Quite possibly it could just keep rolling.
Some gerentologists have speculated that female children born in low pollution areas of a developed country now could potentially be immortal.
Just want to make sure I completely understand your post. Do you perceive that immortality, or even several more centuries of life, is a reason that parents may want to draw the line?
If the Bible is true, man lived for ~ 1000 years. Methuselah died at 969-yrs-old. Perhaps prolong is replacing the longevity that man lost.