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Would you like to live to be a 120 years old?
Live to 120? No thanks, many say in new survey
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More than two-thirds (69%) of a nationally representative sample of 2,012 adults 18 and older say they'd like to live to somewhere between 79 and 100; the median ideal age is 90. That's about 11 years longer than the current U.S. average of 78.7 years (81 for women, 76.2 for men).
But when asked about potential medical treatments that would slow aging and extend life -- possibly to at least 120 -- the respondents aren't as convinced: 56% say they would personally not want such treatments, while 38% would.
I guess it would be nice to live to be that old, but if I could not enjoy the things I enjoy doing then I would not want to live a life of lying in bed.
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Depends on quality of life. As long as I was able to live on my own and care for myself it would be pretty good. Even if I was limited in my ability to do sports and intense physical activity, I'd want to be alive assuming I could still do basic things like go on long walks and pursue intellection activity.
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Still having my mobility and a healthy body are important to me when it comes to the length of my life. If I can still walk and play golf into my 90's I'd be fine with living that long.
On the other hand being couped up in a nursing home and having little mobility would not be the kind of life i'd want to live. I have volunteered in a few nursing homes and have seen first hand the effects of what I described. You saw seniors who had one foot in the grave and were waiting to die. Life was longer enjoyable to them.
No chance if I have to live like a grumpy senior citizen who needs pills to pop wood.
Unless I can spend the last 20 years beating up teenagers for standing on my lawn because part of the longevity plan is giving me a cyborg body with sledgehammer fists as part of my pension.
That would be wizard.
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If they had the ability to slow aging so i could be like a 40 year old at 60 sure, but to extend my life, not sure im cool with that. Im sure companies like Depends would make a killing if seniors lived 40 to 50 years longer.
If I can live to be 120 with the years of 100 to 120 being similar to the years of 70 to 90 sign me up. Its all about quality of life. Really I probably want to live as long as I can take care of myself in my own home. After that maybe 5 years of semi-assisted living would be okay. But I don't want to be in a long term nursing home for very long.
My maternal grandfather lived until he was 97. His GP had previously told him the only way he wouldn't see 100 was if he got cancer or something, and that's exactly what happened, and what he died from. He was still very physically active (walked a few miles a day) and in full retention of his mental faculties up until his diagnosis. The daily walking stopped pretty soon after diagnosis, and he didn't start slipping mentally, until about the last 3 months of his life.
Hell yes. If I lived to be 120 I would be around to see 2103. How freaking cool would that be? If there's not flying cars by then, there will never be!
Anything that slows aging, I am all for. Obviously, it only applies if you're healthy but I think that was a clearly implied assumption (do you want to spend an extra 30 years as an incontinent Alzheimer's patient? Yes, sign me up!)
We are only here once and I want the ride to last as long as possible. I work really hard to fight aging at every front and try to remain as healthy as possible.
Still hoping I can make it to the Singularity!
I am guessing that all of the people saying no are young. As you get older and your own mortality becomes more of a real and present danger, old age seems a lot more appealing than its alternative.
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