Comments on: Man’s Secret to Longevity: “Sit Like a Tortoise, Walk Like a Pigeon, Sleep Like a Dog”

By: RM

RM — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:49:37 +0000

I wouldn´t want to live that long.

By: MisterTrilby

MisterTrilby — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:27:02 +0000

Adam Stanhope: so some things are true, therefore this could be? No. Humans just don’t live that long, and the evidence for this outweighs the evidence for this man’s ridiculous claim, especially considering the vague nature of the documentation involved.

By: Xinavera

Xinavera — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:03:52 +0000

It is certainly *not* possible. Even with modern age-record winners, proving date of birth can be tricky. There’s no way someone was three times older than the oldest humans ever proven.

However, it is somewhat neat.

By: Neatoramawontsendmeapassword

Neatoramawontsendmeapassword — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:37:45 +0000

I can go and find a birth record of a person with my name who was born in the 1500s. That doesn’t mean I’m 400 years old.

By: Adam Stanhope

Adam Stanhope — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:34:02 +0000

It’s certainly possible.

There are hundreds of accounts of pre “modern world” Chinese monks and ascetics with remarkable physical accomplishments. Are they all true? No. Are some of them true? Absolutely.

By: Evilbeagle

Evilbeagle — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:34:12 +0000

I am not convinced, but it is Neat.

By: Video Game Dork

Video Game Dork — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:49:03 +0000

Suspend disbelief and assume this is true, then:

It would be kind of creepy that the guy died at an age that is a factor of 2, specifically 2^8. Does that mean the metaphoical counter on human life only goes up to 8 bits (think binary)?

That would quite interesting!

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:39:39 +0000

Tortoises sit the same way they stand and walk. Flat on their bellies.

By: stacyj

stacyj — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:50:23 +0000

My dog twitches a lot in her sleep, and tends to make ridiculously cute “squeaky” noises. Maybe I’ll try that tonight and be 33% of the way there to longevity!

(How DO tortoises sit, btw?)

By: Yum-Yum

Yum-Yum — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:31:08 +0000

bean-

It doesn’t have to be true.
It doesn’t have to be real.
It just has to be NEAT.

hence the name NEATorama.

I found this story very interesting, personally, even thought I doubt its validity.

By: bean

bean — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:16:24 +0000

You have got to be f*cking kidding me. Why the hell did you waste your time posting a claim by Chinese people that they can make someone live for over 250 years?

Do you think we’re all retarded or something?