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CellBioGuy comments on A Map of Currently Available Life Extension Methods - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: CellBioGuy 17 October 2015 08:33:16PM *  2 points [-]

Indeed, if you reached age 10 in the Roman empire you'd probably reach age 50 and if you reached age 20 your expectancy is near 60.

Infectious disease has always been awful.

And again, indeed the age of the OLDEST people has barely budged since ancient Greece.