• Question: Is there a maximum human life span?

    Asked by jesus to Hugh, James, Katherine, Matt, Shannon on 13 Nov 2017.
    • Photo: James Brown

      James Brown answered on 13 Nov 2017:

      without any advanced treatment- definitely.

      With a one-day-to-be-discovered-treatment maybe not, but the real question is will our minds be able to cope with such long time-spans (i cant remember everyone’s names now- imagine trying to remember the name of someone from university 150 years later?).

    • Photo: Hugh J. Byrne

      Hugh J. Byrne answered on 13 Nov 2017:

      The average lifespan has increased massively over the past hundred years… is there a limit? Who knows.

    • Photo: Katherine Benson

      Katherine Benson answered on 14 Nov 2017:

      I think that we’re pretty close to our natural life-span right now thanks to better nutrition, good hygiene practices, and modern medicine. People have now been known to live til about 115 which is phenomenal in comparison to lifespans even 100 years ago!

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