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Comment by da_chicken

2 years ago

Turns out that being able to afford a better life leads to a longer life.

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Phileosopher  2 years ago

Genetics play a huge part as well. From birth, we're given a death clock, which goes downward as stressors hit us, then further as we relive that stress.

In other words, everyone would probably live to ~110 in a perfect, stressor-free world.

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