Talk:Longevity escape velocity
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Should add figure 1 from Escape Velocity: Why the Prospect of Extreme Human Life Extension Matters Now? Stenemo 16:07, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
Misleading statements
[edit ]There is a danger of being highly misleading here.
Life expectancy is not a single figure; it is a different figure for each attained age.
It is very plausible that a relatively modest reduction in age-specific mortality rates may result in a one-year increase in life expectancy at birth or at a young age.
However at advanced ages, the life expectancy is only a few years, and it is much more difficult and less plausible for that figure to increase by a whole year within a short period, which would be required for the effect described in the article.---Ehrenkater (talk) 18:01, 24 August 2020 (UTC) [reply ]
- I hope that I've made it more clear now. The article talks about people's remaining life expectancy, not any other life expectancy. That's important to note. Thanks! Aquarius3500 (talk) 17:22, 9 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]