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JoshuaZ comments on Interesting new Pew Research study on American opinions about radical life extension - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 10 August 2013 06:05:24AM 3 points [-]

I bet it's an effect from the correlation of age and religiousity.

I strongly doubt that given that the study found only an extremely weak correlation between religiosity and being against life extension, and by some religion related questions, no correlation at all.

Comment author: shminux 10 August 2013 07:30:55AM 0 points [-]

Indeed, since the tradition maintains that Methuselah lived to be almost 1000, so there is nothing obviously wrong with a long life.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 10 August 2013 02:49:55PM 0 points [-]

Indeed, since the tradition maintains that Methuselah lived to be almost 1000, so there is nothing obviously wrong with a long life.

I don't think that's what is going on either here- most Americans don't know much about that section of the Bible, and one traditional explanation for the shortening of lifespans is that the long lifespans somehow contributed to the problems leading to Noah's Flood.

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