Blue Zones, where people reach age 100 at 10 times greater rates

Re:Blue Zones, where people reach age 100 at 10 times greate... by Aeolun on Monday July 18, 2022 @06:22PM (#32144809)

How do you go and register a 7 year old as having been born a few days ago?

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Re:Blue Zones, where people reach age 100 at 10 times greate... by vorpalhex on Monday July 18, 2022 @06:59PM (#32145205)

I don't think you bring the kid with you.

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Re:Blue Zones, where people reach age 100 at 10 times greate... by Scoundreller on Monday July 18, 2022 @07:23PM (#32145442)

Or bring another kid with you. In a small village, the gene pool is pretty shallow and it’s not hard to look like anyone’s child.

It’s not like they’re going to waste money on photographing every person in a tiny village either.

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Re:Blue Zones, where people reach age 100 at 10 times greate... by stickfigure on Monday July 18, 2022 @06:28PM (#32144868)

I'm guessing that paper records were not especially rigorous in Greece in the early 1900s.

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Re:Blue Zones, where people reach age 100 at 10 times greate... by omega3 on Monday July 18, 2022 @06:40PM (#32144999)

With the help of a bribe.

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