Is it selfish to wish to live as old as possible?

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12094475

If Ginnie wishes to move over and make room for the rest of us then fair enough!

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acf8181 said:

Its not selfish but quite why you'd want to live to that age and decay away is beyond me

Define decay. Oldest lady was 122. I know people in their 80s who look like their in their 60s. If you live life and are lucky not to get a serious condition/disease your life can be full and active into your second century.
I know a fella who won world BJJ competition at age 79, not bad going

Edited by Halb on Thursday 30th December 17:05

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12gauge said:

Maybe the NHS should only apply to under 75s. Over that age you pay your own way.

What happens if you can't pay?

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johnxjsc1985 said:

Halb said:

12gauge said:

Maybe the NHS should only apply to under 75s. Over that age you pay your own way.

What happens if you can't pay?

You go to the work house. I know a number of 80+ year olds and they are extremely active and have been all there lives having worked for more than 50 years. Should they not take preference over a 50 year old who hasnt worked or contributed anything in his adult life and there are plenty of them about.

So you would have 80 year olds forced to work if they were active enough? What aboot if they were not active, infirm etc, no NHS for them, who would pay?

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dandarez said:

The 'current getting-on a tad' generation might be living longer, but the upcoming generation are about 1 in 2 obese. They'll be 'I'm Luvin it' dead well before they reach bus-pass time.
There are so many incentives to make you wanna live to a ripe old age. Like seeing all the technological changes. To see Tony Blair swinging at the end of a rope

Quite, and I agree aboot the tech.

WhoseGeneration said:

Our consciousness though has led us to try to override any natural forms of population control.
Leading to overpopulation.
Which, of course, leads to the question of how to provide for that overpopulation.
"From cradle to grave".

We can try to override but we will not be successful, you can't beat Gaia.

This reminds me of seeing a programme aboot rats in China/India a few months ago when the flora bamboo bears fruit/flowers? It causes a rat explosion of biblical proportions. Eventually the rats get to such a size that all the food has been eaten and there are millions of rats...not for long though obviously because then rats then die from starvation. What can we humans do? Make more food, we are doing that, deny othwers resources? We have done that from year dot. If the future does contain energy wars then they might have a profound effect on how we live our lives.