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InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 个月前

"Blue Zones" were considered places where people have exceptionally long lifespans. It turns out they are not real. It's people committing pension fraud.

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"Blue Zones" were considered places where people have exceptionally long lifespans. It turns out they are not real. It's people committing pension fraud.

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InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 个月前
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UCL demographer’s work debunking ‘Blue Zone’ regions of exceptional lifespans wins Ig Nobel prize
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A study by Dr Saul Justin Newman (Centre for Longitudinal Studies) has won the first-ever Ig Nobel award in Demography at this year’s 34th Ig Nobel Prizes. His work reveals fundamental flaws in the data about the world’s oldest people and patterns of extreme longevity.
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    10 个月前

    My mom has no idea how old I even am. No dementia or anything like that, she just doesn’t keep track like that I guess

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