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Only 1 in 5 UK adults would choose to live forever

Immortality is not appealing to 70% of the UK due to concerns regarding quality of life

18-Sep-2018

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21% said they would be very likely to accept an offer of immortality.

30% said they would be somewhat likely to take up such an offer.

Around half of people appear to be reconciled to their own demise.

Main concerns are overpopulation and a “nursing home world” full of geriatrics.

2026 UK adults questioned 2018 New Scientist Asks the Public survey.

COMMENT: number of supporters would increased if they realised they could live forever youthfully, not in a nursing home

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Linda Partridge

Professorial Research Fellow at UCL focusing on genetics, evolution & environment

Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing

Scientific research institute dedicated to age research

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