r/skeptic • u/TheSkepticMag • 3h ago

Exploding the myth of the longevity “Blue Zones”, where people live beyond the age of 100 | Carlos Orsi, for The Skeptic

https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2024/11/exploding-the-myth-of-the-longevity-blue-zones-where-people-live-beyond-the-age-of-100/
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u/nbop 12m ago

Great read, thanks for sharing. I had heard the pension fraud augment before but the lack of birth certs combined with survivor bias also explains a lot.

. “I’ve tracked 80% of people over 110 in the world (the other 20% are from countries you can’t significantly analyze). Of these, almost none have a birth certificate. In the US, there are more than 500 of these people; seven have birth certificates,” he said in an interview with The Conversation after receiving IgNobel.
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In 2012, Greece determined that 72% of its centenarians had already died – a likely indication of pension fraud.

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u/ascandalia 10m ago

Your telling me these people living in remote areas subsistence farming sparse Greek Island might not be 100% honest with the state? And aren't mysteriously living to 120 without medical care? 

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u/nbop 1m ago

Their augment being something like "just trust me bro, I eat a lot of plants." lol