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Sinergy -> RE: Never Marry & Live To 116 Years Of Age? (12/18/2007 7:07:43 AM)
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I have made the point in other threads about happiness. It is something one finds within oneself, in my opinion. One who is not happy will not be happy being married, riding a wave rider, vacationing in Bali, serving as a Blackwater mercenary, etc. I am happy this guy put down never having been married as the reason for his longevity, but I tend to blame his long life on telomeres and an absence of risk factors for things that kill people younger than 116. Sinergy p.s. For those playing the home game, a telomere is a bit of DNA that falls off the end when the cell divides. When enough DNA has fallen off the cell, the cell is no longer able to survive replication. Outside estimates of the ability of the human body to continue to rebuild itself through cellular mitosis put the outer limits of the body's longevity around 130 years old. There is a natural selection reason for this; nature has determined there is not a great deal of need to keep human beings around beyond the time they need to be around to procreate.
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