On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 08:28:19 -0400, Todd Moody <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> William wrote:
>> On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:29:37 -0500, Paleo Phil <[log in to unmask]>  
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> In other words, aging (not disease). Everyone ages and eventually  
>>> dies, even
>>> Paleo people. :-)
>>>
>>
>> Not proven.
>> If that were true, how come there are so few bones?
>
> The evidence is inductive.  All mammals that are not killed sooner  
> deteriorate with age and die.  No exceptions have ever been observed.   
> This places the burden of proof squarely on who suggests that  
> paleolithic people, or any other mammals, are exempt from the effects of  
> aging.
>



Yes, it's true that no exceptions have been observed. Yet.
Suppose one were to "prove" that death is not inevitable, by living 1,000  
years or more, who would believe it?
Who is looking for evidence?

I left my sig line in, as I think it relevant to this subject.

William



-- 
"Reality is inside the skull. You must get rid of these 19th century ideas
about the laws of nature. We [the State] make the laws of nature." George  
Orwell, 1984