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AppleSauceGC t1_j2xoh1b wrote

Reply to comment by katiediditwell in Here's what 2023 has in store, as predicted by experts in 1923 by MeatballDom

Life expectancy is the number of years that someone is expected to live from a specific starting point. Typically birth. So, yes, people in 1923 could expect life expectancy for people being born in 2023 to be 300 years.

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katiediditwell t1_j2xqz30 wrote

Yeah, I do realize how life expectancy works, but there would be no way to get from where we were to 300 in just a century unless a true fountain of youth was found. Life expectancy uses historical data.

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CoaxedReach t1_j2xs77v wrote

They're saying modern medicines of 2023 would mean that someone born on 2023 would have a life expectancy of 300 years

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katiediditwell t1_j2xsx16 wrote

I get that, but I still don't believe there'd be a way to get to 300 to where we knew and could predict that at birth for 2023.

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