Sunday 18 July 2021

Only The Good Die Young

The Bible says Methuselah lived to 969, Noah to 950 and Adam had 930 candles on his last Birthday Cake but the Bible may be exaggerating slightly because a new study has revealed that the longest a human could potentially live is 150.
The Nature Communications study analysed medical data from hundreds of thousands of volunteers and taking into account the body's loss of physiological resilience, the ability to recover from illness and other wear and tear factors, they concluded that the absolute limit of human lifespan is about 150 years.
Erring on the side of caution that the Bible may not be the best source for these things, the oldest person ever to have lived according to Guinness World Records was a French lady who lived to be 122 years and 164 days old but in the UK the average age is 70 but i am banking on science finding a way to extend that to Methuselah-esque duration by the time i reach 70 although it they do the Government will have us working until 950 so swings and roundabout.
I often apply the Billy Joel rule that only the good die young so i view anyone over 70 with suspicion but as Billy is 72 i'm kinda conflicted over taking his advice but it could explain why some folk could plan on being on the Planet for quite a while yet.

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