XPost: alt.philosophy, alt.atheism   
   From: ralph@eddlewood.demon.co.uk   
      
   In message , quibbler   
    writes   
      
   Many things with which I cannot disagree, nor really say much to take   
   forward.   
      
   However ...   
      
   >Technically speaking, while we have increase *average life expectancy* we   
   >haven't necessarily increased maximum life expectancy by that much.   The   
   >current estimate is that life expectancy is increasing by 0.1 years per   
   >chronological year.  Obviously, if we could accelerate it by an order of   
   >magnitude then things would get really interesting.   
      
   Is this what you meant to say? That seems to suggest that no-one alive   
   today would ever die! You might think that really interesting: most   
   people would think it absolutely disastrous!   
      
   Thanks for talking. I'll probably get over it in a week or so.   
      
   --   
   ralph   
      
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