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Roman ALAN<p>The internet is full of little snippets of 'gosh' knowledge:</p><p>"The observation of individuals attaining remarkable ages, and their concentration into geographic sub-regions or ‘blue zones’, has generated considerable scientific interest. Proposed drivers of remarkable longevity include high vegetable intake, strong social connections, and genetic markers.</p><p>…</p><p>These [extreme old-age] data reveal that remarkable age attainment is predicted by indicators of error and fraud, including illiteracy, poverty, high crime rates, short average lifespans, and the absence of birth certificates."</p><p>from "Supercentenarian and remarkable age records exhibit patterns indicative of clerical errors and pension fraud",<br>Saul Justin Newman bioRxiv 704080; doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1101/704080" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.1101/704080</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>This was awarded an Ig Noble Prize (for scientific research that makes you laugh, then think) in 2024.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/IgNobelPrize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IgNobelPrize</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Longevity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Longevity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Supercentenarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Supercentenarian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fraud</span></a></p>
Serhii Nazarovets<p>Ig Nobel Prize in Demography goes to Saul Justin Newman for detective work revealing that many supercentenarians lived in regions with unreliable birth and death records:</p><p>📄 <a href="https://doi.org/10.1101/704080" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.1101/704080</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p>"Blue Zones" often feature low income, literacy, high crime, and short life expectancy. Could younger relatives be "borrowing" elder identities for benefits? 🤔 </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Ignobel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ignobel</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Demography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Demography</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/supercentenarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>supercentenarian</span></a></p>
Patrick 🇮🇪 :verified: 🦣<p>Kane Tanaka is 119 today, just the 3rd person to reach 119 yo. Happy Birthday dear old lady!<br><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/KaneTanaka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KaneTanaka</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/HappyBirthday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HappyBirthday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Japanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japanese</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/OldestPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OldestPeople</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Supercentenarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Supercentenarian</span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_verified_oldest_people" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_</span><span class="invisible">the_verified_oldest_people</span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kane_Tanaka" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kane_Tan</span><span class="invisible">aka</span></a></p>