Giocare a tennis a 150 anni

Sul Times Online di oggi un articolo di Ronald Bailey, «Anyone for tennis, at the age of 150?», sulle prospettive di allungamento radicale della vita.

By the end of this century, the typical European may attend a family reunion in which five generations are playing together. Great-great-great grandma, at 150 years old, will be as vital, with muscle tone as firm and supple, skin as elastic and glowing, as her 30-year-old great-great-granddaughter with whom she’s playing tennis.

Molto ottimista, forse persino troppo; ma ogni tanto abbiamo proprio bisogno di un’iniezione di ottimismo...