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To: Jon Koplik who wrote (7332)	12/10/2005 5:46:56 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 12231

Regarding evolutionary pressure for living longer. Decades ago, when I knew almost nothing, it used to amaze me how my uncle and father and others seemed to know vast amounts about so much. Over the decades, I find I too know huge amounts about a vast array of things. When my father died, and others, it seemed such a huge waste that that vast repository of knowledge is canceled. Relearning everything every 50 years is ridiculous and extremely expensive, evolutionarily. Nature really needs to improve and it has been doing so. Slowly. Something more like 200 years for smart people with excellent memories is more reasonable. It takes until about age 50 just to get a reasonable amount of knowledge. That knowledge becomes gradually obsolete, but it should have a half life of about 30 years, which is comparable with the life of technologies, businesses, and how things work. Mqurice