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Title: £400 to tell you how long you have to live
Post by: Miss Demeanour on May 17, 2011, 08:27:27 AM

There was lots about this on the news yesterday.

Life Length is planning on selling its testing kit over the counter in Britain. Although it can't actually tell people how long they have left to live, it does offer an insight into how quickly they are ageing.

The £400 test tells you how long you'll live, apparently the test measures the length of telomeres, which are structures on the end of chromosomes and scientists believe they are one of the most accurate ways of measuring the ageing process

So if I knew I was going not live long past 60 does that mean I can go and spend any money I currently have in a pension plan ???

Would I want to know ???

Would my nosiness win out ????

Probably  redface:

Title: Re: £400 to tell you how long you have to live
Post by: Snoopy on May 17, 2011, 08:31:16 AM

Waste of money.
You could fall under a bus at any time.
Old Age will eventually kill you but many other things may take you before you grow old.

Title: Re: £400 to tell you how long you have to live
Post by: Miss Demeanour on May 17, 2011, 08:31:58 AM

Oh I know ...but this is scientific like  lol:

Title: Re: £400 to tell you how long you have to live
Post by: Snoopy on May 17, 2011, 08:33:38 AM

So is the law of probability.   cool14:

Title: Re: £400 to tell you how long you have to live
Post by: Barman on May 17, 2011, 10:23:24 AM

Quote from: Snoopy on May 17, 2011, 08:31:16 AM

Waste of money.
You could fall under a bus at any time.
Old Age will eventually kill you but many other things may take you before you grow old.

I'm sure they'd give you (or your estate) your money back if they predict a long life and a bendy bus claims you as you walk out of the door....  ::)

Title: Re: £400 to tell you how long you have to live
Post by: Pastis on May 17, 2011, 11:47:55 AM

And what if the result came back that you should have died a year ago, eh?  rubschin: rubschin:

Title: Re: £400 to tell you how long you have to live
Post by: Snoopy on May 17, 2011, 01:00:28 PM

Tricky one that  rubschin: rubschin: rubschin:

Title: Re: £400 to tell you how long you have to live
Post by: Uncle Mort on May 17, 2011, 01:34:49 PM

If the test was that good then annuity companies would insist on their customers having one before producing a pension plan.

Title: Re: £400 to tell you how long you have to live
Post by: Barman on May 17, 2011, 01:37:58 PM

Quote from: Uncle Mort on May 17, 2011, 01:34:49 PM

If the test was that good then annuity companies would insist on their customers having one before producing a pension plan.

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Title: Re: £400 to tell you how long you have to live
Post by: Miss Demeanour on May 17, 2011, 02:14:50 PM

Quote from: Pastis on May 17, 2011, 11:47:55 AM

And what if the result came back that you should have died a year ago, eh?  rubschin: rubschin:

I would consider myself immortal  angel1