Monthly Archives: March 2013

Louis,I’m going to disagree. Researchers studying supercentenarians generally exclude those 117+ because they are statistical “outliers”. It’s NOT useful to compare 1500 people aged 110+ with just 1 surprise example of someone 120+.We can say that there’s no real need … Continue reading →

I’m not in the least an adrenalin junkie. I’m the kind of person who tries skydiving twice, but that’s it. But at the same time I’ve found (as Camus said) that fear is an essential part of travel, and that … Continue reading →

Well put, Steve & Damien. I’ve not put aside fast cars/mountain-climbing/sky diving/scuba because life should be lived. But I had an Alcor contract all the while. Gregory Benford > On 3/29/2013 7:06 PM, sbharris1 wrote: > >> Well then, sign … Continue reading →

On Sat, 30 Mar 2013, Anthony Croes-Lacroix wrote: > Then Louis the term super supercentenarian can still be used for a person older than 115? > > 100=centenarians > 105=semi-supercentenarians (as this written suggested :http://www.supercentenarian.com/semi-supercentenarians.html) > 110=supercentenarians > 115=super supercentenarians … Continue reading →

Here’s much of the old discussion for comparison.

On Fri, 29 Mar 2013, Reinhard Kargl wrote: > Let me submit that none of this is logical, nor is it scientifically > accurate. What will happen in a few decades if people routinely live > to 150 or perhaps … Continue reading →

On 3/29/2013 7:06 PM, sbharris1 wrote: > Well then, sign up for cryonics. 😉 […] > Warning: the psychological problems for some people are substantial. What interests me is whether the psychological consequences tend to make the signed-up timid or … Continue reading →

On Fri, 29 Mar 2013, Robert Young wrote: > Greetings, > > People can make up anything on Wikipedia, so it is not a reliable source. > > The prefix “super” generally means “above” or “greater” than, as in “superceded”. … Continue reading →

On Fri, 29 Mar 2013, Robert Young wrote: > Greetings, > > An alternative term, “ultracentenarian”, was sometimes used in the > 1870s-1890s. > > It seems that “supercentenarian” won out. The term “super-centenarian” > was used by Guinness World … Continue reading →