tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2532313388110978122.post4402889300841189372..comments2023-10-28T00:47:18.069-07:00Comments on Weeks Population: Update to "What If We Can't Possibly Live Past Age 122"John Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04069566137451684355noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2532313388110978122.post-27605458996675506722017-06-30T13:37:37.384-07:002017-06-30T13:37:37.384-07:00Actually I think it's only Olshansky (rather t...Actually I think it's only Olshansky (rather than Vaupel) who asserts there's an upper limit to be seen at this point. <br /><br />Here is a link to that neat Wilmoth and Horiuchi (I forgot there were TWO authors) on "rectangularization," which I think is good evidence for Vaupel's side of the debate: http://u.demog.berkeley.edu/~jrw/Eprints/wilmoth.horiuchi.1999.Rectangles.1p.pdf <br />Esp that (as of 1999) in recent decades rectangularization had slowed even though life expectancy continued to increase (that is (as I understand it), the rectangle is shifting to the right rather than just getting more rectangular).Eddie Hunsingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16575554805319953370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2532313388110978122.post-24113297342485202202017-06-30T13:36:03.490-07:002017-06-30T13:36:03.490-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Eddie Hunsingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16575554805319953370noreply@blogger.com