i think we need to change the way we feel about life as age as we know it restricts our behaviour.and the way people look upon you if you are 17years & you die at 35 you were old when you were 30 if your 70 now and live to 90 yo were young at 50 .
2006-07-29 07:10:54 · 18 answers · asked by johnny p 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
That's not true!
2006-07-29 07:12:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
One can die at any age..and no-one knows when or how. One can be 50 and feel like 20...It is really up the the individual to decide. Alternately, the natural life span can be measured through genetics..at what age your mother, father, grandmother, grandfather died. But, one should live life to the fullest because we can be here one minute and gone the next. Life could end in a split second without warning. I suggest you enjoy family, friends and pursue the interest that make you happiest..(as long as you do not do harm to others in the process)..
2006-07-29 14:51:46 · answer #2 · answered by Artemis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on your definition of age - chronological age is fixed.. but if you mean we should be flexible and somehow vary what is considered old/young depending on the context of an individual's lifespan that would be unworkable.. people do not usually know until after the fact - when they will die!
Instead usually we attribute the terms old/young to average life spans within a particualr society with a person's specific age/death etc compared to this..
In Rome for example the average person lived until the age of 22, middle ages it was 33, for Japanese women today it is 83..for Botswanan people today it is 39..
Therefore if someone was to die at age 40 in Rome they would have been considered already very old, in middle ages older than most, in Japan - young and in Botswana nothing remarkable..
2006-07-29 14:16:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, age is determined by develpment and experience. At 17 your brain and body are not developed and your maturity both physically and emotionally is less than a thirty year old. At 70, you have started to slow day, physically less capable of things, and most people this age find it harder to learn new things, whether that be computers, fishing or new relationships.
2006-07-29 14:14:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Age is a number that is determined by the number of years you've spent on this orb as the cycle of life..... But you are only as old in mental life as you allow yourself to believe....
Although 66, I have a mental age of between 38-42.
2006-07-29 14:17:12 · answer #5 · answered by Tom Van Dyke 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I agree
2006-07-29 14:13:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
IF YOU HAVE KIDS IT MEANS YOU DON'T REALLY DIE YOU LEFT A HALF OF YOU! SO EVENTUALLY LITTLE BITS OF YOU IS PASSED ALONG THE WAY! IF YOU HAVE MANY KIDS THEN MORE OF YOU SPLIT EVERYWHERE AND YOU WILL LIVE FOREVER!
2006-07-29 15:13:58 · answer #7 · answered by +++++ SPOOK ++++ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aging is an on-going thing, Dying has its limitations.
2006-08-02 10:22:17 · answer #8 · answered by CRAIG M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay. Maturity counts, though.
2006-07-29 14:13:51 · answer #9 · answered by Stuart 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time was created by man, we count up, not down.
2006-07-29 14:13:17 · answer #10 · answered by The_Answerer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reminds me of the old question: 'Have you lived all your life in London?'. Reply: 'No, not yet, only up to now'..............
2006-07-29 14:17:32 · answer #11 · answered by thomasrobinsonantonio 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋