All articles tagged with #biological limits
A study finds that humans have a metabolic ceiling at about 2.5 times their basal metabolic rate, which even elite endurance athletes cannot sustainably surpass, highlighting the biological limits of human endurance.
Scientists suggest that due to the natural decline in physiological resilience with age, the maximum human lifespan is likely between 120 and 150 years, regardless of lifestyle or medical advancements, highlighting inherent biological limits to longevity.
The article discusses the slowing gains in human longevity, skepticism about the possibility of indefinite life extension, and the influence of hope, faith, and scientific evidence in the pursuit of radical life extension, emphasizing that current understanding suggests biological limits and that technological breakthroughs are uncertain and unpredictable.