• Question: Is age a just number

    Asked by Science_is_awsome to Carolyn, Peter, Richard, Sara on 19 Nov 2015.
    • Photo: Sara Falcone

      Sara Falcone answered on 19 Nov 2015:

      Hahahha nice name 😛
      In a general way, yes it is. I’d would classify life in groups though, like childhood-adolescence-adult age-middle age- old age. So I’d say that age it is just a number when you are in the same group. I don’t know if makes sense….

    • Photo: Richard Unwin

      Richard Unwin answered on 20 Nov 2015:

      Hi,

      Yes it is. Our age in years and our ‘biological age’ can be quite different – I’m sure you know people of a similar age in years who are taller/shorter or more or les developed. That’s true throughout life – you could take 2 60 year olds and one be ‘young’, fit and active and alter and another be ‘old’, wrinkly and with growing medical problems. You’re as old as you feel, not as old as you are!

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