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** It's possible that while advanced medicine has allowed people to live longer lives, it does not preserve their youth for longer. And one's 30s are the first period of one's life where aging starts to have a negative effect. Even if it's only minor, and even if one expects to live for many more decades, it would still be the point where one crests the hill and for the time experiences the gradual physical decline.
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** It's possible that while advanced medicine has allowed people to live longer lives, it does not preserve their youth for longer. And one's 30s are the first period of one's life where aging starts to have a negative effect. Even if it's only minor, and even if one expects to live for many more decades, it would still be the point where one crests the hill and for the first time experiences the gradual physical decline.decline that will continue for the rest one's life.
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** It's possible that while advanced medicine has allowed people to live longer lives, it does not preserve their youth for longer. Thus, Star Trek folk in their 30s still lack the youthful vitality they enjoyed in their 20s even if they can look forward to maintaining a more active lifestyle past their 70s than people of today.
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** It's possible that while advanced medicine has allowed people to live longer lives, it does not preserve their youth for longer. Thus, Star Trek folk in their And one's 30s still lack are the youthful vitality they enjoyed in their 20s first period of one's life where aging starts to have a negative effect. Even if it's only minor, and even if they can look forward one expects to maintaining a live for many more active lifestyle past their 70s than people of today.decades, it would still be the point where one crests the hill and for the time experiences the gradual physical decline.
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* Bashir is grumpy about turning 30, since 30 is the start of middle age. While this is true today and back when the show aired, when the average human can expect to live into their 70s or 80s, it doesn't really apply to the Star Trek universe, where humans can live to be over well over a century and still enjoy active careers and personal lives at that age. Why does Bashir still regard 30 as being some sort of dour milestone when it's less than a third of his lifespan?
** It's possible that while advanced medicine has allowed people to live longer lives, it does not preserve their youth for longer. Thus, Star Trek folk in their 30s still lack the youthful vitality they enjoyed in their 20s even if they can look forward to maintaining a more active lifestyle past their 70s than people of today.
** It's possible that while advanced medicine has allowed people to live longer lives, it does not preserve their youth for longer. Thus, Star Trek folk in their 30s still lack the youthful vitality they enjoyed in their 20s even if they can look forward to maintaining a more active lifestyle past their 70s than people of today.
