The Key to a Long Life: Conscientious Habits

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i doubt you'll ever be back to read this, but just in case.

based just on your post here, you're intelligent, can read, and, more importantly, can write in a coherent manner. beyond being intelligent, you can USE your intelligence, and DO so to rationally reason out situations.

since these traits alone probably place you in a <50% category of our society, i'd say you can HARDLY be considered a "drag" on said society. honestly, we need more people like you.

the issue of expensive medical treatments, and who should get them, is a complex issue.

colbey of WI 9:48PM May 09, 2011

One of Robert A. Heinlein's sci-fi characters says "May you live as you wish, and love as long as you live". Jump under the train when life is no longer fun. To be conscientious, jump under the train when you start to be a drag on Society (but don't do it during busy commute hours).

Don't ask me which comes first..Google my title.

Society cannot afford hi-tech medical care for people who are a drag on society. I am one, aged 75.

peter bradshaw of CA 11:59AM April 09, 2011

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jillcordero123 of TX 6:47AM April 09, 2011

I think the scoring should be Reversed for Question 8 - the same as For questions 2, 4, and 6.

The Prince of Frogs of OR 5:12PM April 08, 2011

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Philip Moeller, contributing editor for U.S. News Money, writes about achieving success and happiness in older age.

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