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In your interview with longevity researcher Saul Newman, he states that our paper argues that there is a “hard limit to human survival” but is based on “basic mathematical errors” (see Nature 654 , 29–31; 2026). Both statements are incorrect.
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Nature 655 , 540 (2026)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-02111-5
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