• Question: ¿ Do you think in the future , people will live for longer time ?

    Asked by ines and júlia to Rob, Matt, Ceri on 18 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Robert Hampson

      Robert Hampson answered on 18 Nov 2014:

      Yes, as medical technology has improved, average life span has moved upwards. However, I do believe there is probably an upper limit on the length of a healthy human life. After a certain length of time, diseases like cancer and arthritis become infinitely more liekly and I don’t think you’d be able to fight all the age related diseases fast enough to prevent death.

    • Photo: Ceri Dare

      Ceri Dare answered on 18 Nov 2014:

      Yes – we already live much longer than in the past. Providing there are no big disasters like global warming or a bad flu epidemic, people will live longer and healthier lives. But we will still die.

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