The good of becoming old: Human life history and the "natural" human lifespan
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Philosopher of biology Peter Godfrey-Smith points out that death is a universal biological phenomenon, yet our typical human life history is not representative for all living things. Humans go (if all goes well) through distinctive phases of infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and then finally senescence (old age) where it seems like we sort of run out of life, like a clock that slowly unwinds until it is spent and we die. But many other creatures have different kinds of lifespans—think of bacteria, trees, or mice. You can see the video fragment from
The good of becoming old: Human life history and the "natural" human lifespan
The good of becoming old: Human life history…
The good of becoming old: Human life history and the "natural" human lifespan
Philosopher of biology Peter Godfrey-Smith points out that death is a universal biological phenomenon, yet our typical human life history is not representative for all living things. Humans go (if all goes well) through distinctive phases of infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and then finally senescence (old age) where it seems like we sort of run out of life, like a clock that slowly unwinds until it is spent and we die. But many other creatures have different kinds of lifespans—think of bacteria, trees, or mice. You can see the video fragment from