28 MAY 2013 by ideonexus

 Actuarial Escape Velocity

actuarial escape velocity is defined as occurring when a year of medical research adds more than a year’s worth of longevity to the total population. Nothing even close to this has ever been achieved, and emerging signs of an asymptotic curve in progress suggest this velocity may never
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A medical concept, when medical research extends lifespans at a rate of more than one year per one year of research.