Re:Dutch man, 69, brings lawsuit to lower his age 20 years
by posterboy on Thursday November 08, 2018 @12:36AM
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Yeah no, clearly some abbrupt break happens after precisely the 18th or 21st revolution around the sun /s.
Re:Dutch man, 69, brings lawsuit to lower his age 20 years
by reustle on Thursday November 08, 2018 @11:19AM
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I agree that it's important to think about that. That does not change the definition of the word age.
What you're saying is we should have a different metric to measure ability / health, which isn't called age.
Then age starts to look as definitional and mutable as names or gender. Why not petition to change it?
Anecdotes: I know someone age 53 whom I would not trust to add two numbers and get the right answer. OTOH, my wife's uncle, who died two years ago at 91, was somebody I consulted regularly until his death about MacOS issues and what DSLR I should use to photograph microwave plasmas. He was an MD. Go figure.
I think definition of age deserves more discussion.