Was Jeanne Calment a fraud?

[Ian Volante]

I think in 30 years time living to 100 plus will be the norm however as we are all gifted with a limited amount of brain cells I can envisage 120 year olds roaming the streets like zombies.
There's a horror movie in that

Improvements in the global south might enable us to surpass 80, but I'd be amazed if we got much further than that.

[Elliott Mellor]

I think in 30 years time living to 100 plus will be the norm however as we are all gifted with a limited amount of brain cells I can envisage 120 year olds roaming the streets like zombies.
There's a horror movie in that

With all the greasy fast food and takeaways that people seem accustomed to nowadays, I'd be extremely surprised if it was.

Some people are definitely gifted with a very limited amount of brain cells.

[Gavin Chipper]

I think in 30 years time living to 100 plus will be the norm however as we are all gifted with a limited amount of brain cells I can envisage 120 year olds roaming the streets like zombies.
There's a horror movie in that

Improvements in the global south might enable us to surpass 80, but I'd be amazed if we got much further than that.

There's already loads of 80-year-olds roaming the streets.

[Ian Fitzpatrick]

I think in 30 years time living to 100 plus will be the norm however as we are all gifted with a limited amount of brain cells I can envisage 120 year olds roaming the streets like zombies.
There's a horror movie in that

Improvements in the global south might enable us to surpass 80, but I'd be amazed if we got much further than that.

There's already loads of 80-year-olds roaming the streets.

and some roaming this forum!

[Marc Meakin]

I'd love to be roaming this forum when I'm 80

[Ian Volante]

I think in 30 years time living to 100 plus will be the norm however as we are all gifted with a limited amount of brain cells I can envisage 120 year olds roaming the streets like zombies.
There's a horror movie in that

Improvements in the global south might enable us to surpass 80, but I'd be amazed if we got much further than that.

There's already loads of 80-year-olds roaming the streets.

What's your point here?

[Marc Meakin]

Improvements in the global south might enable us to surpass 80, but I'd be amazed if we got much further than that.

There's already loads of 80-year-olds roaming the streets.

What's your point here?

Not sure who you are addressing @Ian Volante (oops in FB mode) but I was saying that the oldest living person curve is likely to rise expediently.
Not sure why Gev was fixated on 80 year olds though

[Gavin Chipper]

Improvements in the global south might enable us to surpass 80, but I'd be amazed if we got much further than that.

There's already loads of 80-year-olds roaming the streets.

What's your point here?

I don't think your post really addressed what Marc was saying. Marc was talking about 120-year-olds roaming the streets like zombies. It doesn't really have anything to do with the global average. I mentioned 80-year-olds because you seemed to suggest it was around the limit, but we're talking about the age of people roaming the streets, not a global average, as I say.

But anyway, to address Marc's point, people have dementia anyway, and if it's bad enough they don't just go roaming round the streets, so I don't think we'll reach a point where 120-year-olds are roaming the streets like zombies.

[Ian Volante]

There's already loads of 80-year-olds roaming the streets.

What's your point here?

I don't think your post really addressed what Marc was saying.

Marc said he expected people living to 100 to be the norm, which I think is fairly interpreted as more people doing that than not.

[Gavin Chipper]

What's your point here?

I don't think your post really addressed what Marc was saying.

Marc said he expected people living to 100 to be the norm, which I think is fairly interpreted as more people doing that than not.

Sure, but in the context of the discussion the exact proportion is not really that relevant. Globally even less so. It was about there being enough older people around for there to be 120-year-olds roaming the streets like zombies.

[Marc Meakin]

I don't think your post really addressed what Marc was saying.

Marc said he expected people living to 100 to be the norm, which I think is fairly interpreted as more people doing that than not.

Sure, but in the context of the discussion the exact proportion is not really that relevant. Globally even less so. It was about there being enough older people around for there to be 120-year-olds roaming the streets like zombies.

Although I do think people will live longer as surely it won't be long before artificial hearts and other organs and bones will become normal my 120 year olds roaming the streets like Zombies was stolen from Ricky Gervais Armageddon