At what point would the actuaries start to notice that life-spans, which have risen continuously for the last 100 years, were starting to decline? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18220221/

I very much doubt they will see a decline in life-spans. People will go to doctors and pay large amounts of money to have crud hoovered out of their bodies to keep them alive a few more years longer. Now people take pills to lower cholesterol, soon they will have pills that stop them getting fat and problably pills that make them enjoy exercise. Basically people will use money to live longer.

Mind you, I'm assuming there won't be a disaster caused by a crazy mass murderer with the right lab equipment.

I seem to remember a limit of 150 years, because our brain cells don't regenerate and that is their maximum lifespan.

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I dare say they will probably eventually work out a way to make them regenerate or work out some other way around the problem. I think human lifespans are likely to increase because there are a lot of older people with a lot of money who are willing to pay for the latest medical advances. As the baby boomers get older this trend is likely to accelerate. I wouldn't be surprised if humans end up effectively immortal. (After a great deal of advances have been made.)

I believe I've read somewhere that the maximum storage capacity for a human brain is approximately 300 years.
The brain remembers every single second of our lives. the only reason we can't access all this information is due to way the brain stores things.
The reason remembering stuff gets fuzzy over time is due to us mixing up our memories over time. when seeing something familiar we don't remember just one event, but all the events associated with this person or object.
There are some methods for doing a total recall, but these are often unreliable.

I had a study technique once that entailed the use of self hypnosis.
By going into a "study trance" i could read up before an important test, and pass with flying colors. a very useful tool for me at least.
haven't done it in a very long time tough. I don't need that good a memory in daily life anyway, and it has some disturbing bi-effects.

Another note on self hypnosis is that you can use it to consciously alter your personality and fears in useful ways. The effect wears of after a day or so, and permanent changes is not possible. but hey. a temporary cure for fear against flying is quite useful if you have this fear, and really just have to take a trip on an airplane.


back to the topic at hand.

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Lets hope.

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I for one wouldn't mind not having a "best-if-used-before" date stamped on my head. Some people I talk to look at me with horror when I talk about the advancements in age retardation. "I don't wanna live a thousand years, no way!" Then I usually give them the same look they just gave me.

I wouldn't mind living even a million years... I love seeing the advancements we make day by day. I'd give anything to do the same as long as possible.

When the decline starts to become noticeable?

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Just had to post this reply, a cover of "My Generation". "I hope I die before I get old" sounds good when sung by a 90 year old.

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