Stupid question of the month

[Scott Adams]

At 10:46 PM 10/15/03 -0700, you wrote: 
>
>    Actually, the work that the Army did is accurate for physiological
> development under modern medicine. The human body reaches a physiological
> prime at age 23 in most cases. While in this prime, an active individual
will
> tone until they begin to degenerate. With modern medicine, 32 is the norm
for
> the start of degeneration, and 26 the end of the toning period. Under
archaic
> medicine, this curve is made much more narrow; perhaps 150 % to the "A"
> factor of the curve. Magic is where this would be thrown off; does magical
> healing restore a person's life-force and nothing else? Is it physically
> addictive? Does it have side-effects?
>     With most aging systems, the prime age is extended until about 40
> physiological years. With this being the case, the study the army has done
> would have very little effect on it. ***** STUPID COMMENT ***** With aging
> being caused by rapid mutation, and the sun being the prime mutagenic agent
> on Earth, do the sun-shy gain "Protection from Age", and can non-sun-shy
> benefit from avoiding the sun? In a real world, the answer is Yes!


Interesting.  As to your last question something to think about and makes sene
too.

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