http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2012/08/28/richard-smith-perhaps-i-could-live-forever/ Just another blogs.bmj.com weblog Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2012/08/28/richard-smith-perhaps-i-could-live-forever/#comment-16108 Joseph Ana Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:52:00 +0000 http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/?p=19792#comment-16108 Richard, 11 march 2032 is 20 years hence, and as you are 60 now, you will only be 80 then.
Well, the way science is going and healthcare is prolonging lives, especially in the part of the world where you live, you are destined to be around till 2052. So set your sights farther, and walk, read, enjoy music, and travel till then.
Those of us in the third world (developing world) (low income countries) where actually life-span is shrinking ( for men it was 52 in 2003 and dropped to 47 in 2011), we will be very lucky to be around by 2032. We will still be freaks because we would have defied poor health, malaria, typhoid, tuberculosis, and all the other vicissitudes that bedevil us in this part of the globe.
By the way I am 60 too. Hurray!.

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