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Re:Why aren't the oldest living people getting any older? by tokenadult on Tuesday July 26, 2011 @10:25AM (#2807430)
We have the technnology and know-how to significantly increase life expectancy and to do research to make it even better

For what value of "significantly"? And at what cost, in a world in which many people live on five dollars a day or less?

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Re:Why aren't the oldest living people getting any older? by drzaiusapelord on Tuesday July 26, 2011 @04:41PM (#2809401)
I'm not sure why that makes any difference. The level of medical care I can get (and have gotten) as a middle class American blows away what these people can get now. The disparity is so huge that adding 100 years to my life barely makes a dent in the disparity.
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