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rob74yesterday at 2:15 PM2 repliesview on HN

Occam's razor says it's less likely that the gravitational constant is increasing and more likely that the ability to withstand the pull of gravity decreases with age.


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rossdavidhyesterday at 2:40 PM

Article says age-adjusted fall rates are up substantially, so it's not just older population.

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dec0dedab0deyesterday at 2:20 PM

Well of course old people fall more, but the article is about changes over the last 20 years.

...Oh wait, are you saying there are more old people now? That's interesting.

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