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To: 21stCenturyFreeThinker
"Not a very good argument. We were talking about whether a 90+ year old man can have coherent thoughts and conversations."

"Almost all elderly people experience a cognitive decline the symptoms of which are difficult to distinguish from the earliest manifestations of dementia; yet in most the condition does not progress to dementia. It is possible.....that anyone who lived long enough would become demented; but most people die before then." Richard A. Posner 1995 University of Chicago

Would you not agree that 90 years is kind of "getting up there"?

190 posted on 12/28/2006 5:00:32 PM PST by Earthdweller (All reality is based on faith in something.)
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To: Earthdweller
Would you not agree that 90 years is kind of "getting up there"?
You keep trying to convince me that Gerald Ford was senile when this interview was conducted because of his advanced age. Sorry, it's just not working. You need to find a better argument if you want to dismiss his opinions out of hand.
213 posted on 12/28/2006 7:45:49 PM PST by 21stCenturyFreeThinker
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