alt Hacker News> We are "naturally" meant to die at 21
Not really? Historical life expectancies were low because it was so common to die in infancy and childhood (thus dragging down the "average").
For people who made it to 20, it was common to live past 60.
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amanaplanacanal • today at 3:40 PM
Yeah people get that one wrong all the time. They don't realize what a bad argument it is.
I'm guessing they are ignorant of historical facts and are just repeating what they heard from somebody else.
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Yeah, you were just meant to "naturally" have 7 children, of which 2-4 die before they get a name. But the ones who live? They might make it past 60.