(08-03-2011, 01:39 AM)3DMonkey Wrote: Quality of life has gotten worse over the centuries? Do you think people didn't have cancer 3000 years ago, or heart attacks?
Those were diseases of old age, and yes, people got them, but usually didn't live long enough to get them because they died of plague or war first. But centuries ago, children didn't get cancer. Teenagers didn't have diabetes or high cholesterol, both of which are reaching epidemic proportions among our youth. These diseases have definitely increased, presumably due to increased toxic conditions. You are young, but those of us over 40 will know what I'm saying is true: A few decades ago, children didn't get cancer. Now there is a large 'children's hospital' in every city and cancer amongst children is commonplace.
(08-03-2011, 01:42 AM)Ankh Wrote: And yet, 'they' also say that we are healthier than ever, live longer and deceases that would kill many of these 'unhealthy' people (with allergies, cancer, flu etc...) can survive now due the progress in medical science and practice. The quality of life has gotten way better for millions in the so called 'civilized' countries.
Haha, who is "they"? The same people administering cocktails of poisons to babies.
Yes, we live longer, but at what price? Look at the average 80-year-old. They have chronic conditions and are very sick, needing a cocktail of drugs just to get thru the day. Contrast that with societies like the Hunza, in which the elderly stay vigorous and vital, working hard and fathering children, well past their 100th birthday.