As an anti-aging researcher, I have to second Mike's point! Most of the legendary old people we hear about do not turn out to be very old when scientifically studied.
-- Harvey Newstrom <mailto://newstrom@newstaffinc.com> <http://newstaffinc.com> Author, Consultant, Engineer, Legal Hacker, Researcher, Scientist ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael S. Lorrey <mike@lorrey.com> To: <extropians@extropy.com> Sent: Monday, June 21, 1999 9:41 am Subject: Re: Want to Live to 100+? Move to MidWest
> Keep in mind that the so called 'centenarians' that have previously been
covered
> by National Geographic in the Caucasus and elsewhere in Eastern Europe
under the
> old Soviet Empire were not really that old, they were just people who were
> dodging the draft in the WWII era by faking an age over the maximum and
lived
> in areas where birth records could be forged with the help of a few minor
> bribes.