Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. Olshansky agrees with de Grey (“We will be able to live to 1,000”) that with sufficient resources devoted to research, we can find a cure for aging.
2. Olshansky finds that throughout much of human history, many individuals have believed that physical immortality was soon within reach.
3. Olshansky argues that research on aging should focus on improved physical health and mental functioning and not on the search for a cure to aging.
4. Olshansky concedes that the science of aging has significantly advanced in recent decades such that gerontology is close to discovering the key to physical immortality.


1. False
2. True
3. True
4. False

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