Hrm. My definition of “anti-agathic” is something that prolongs life, so it isn’t obviously not counting a brain transplant to a younger body.
I’m somewhat opposed to tweaking the wording on long-standing parts of the census, since that makes it harder to compare to earlier years. If we want to go this route, I’d rather write a new question and ask both some year so we can compare them.
Yeah, I do see the value of keeping things the same across multiple years, which is why I said “might be worth” rather than “would be a good idea” or anything of the sort.
To me, “anti-agathics” specifically suggests drugs or something of the kind. Not so strongly that it’s obvious to me that the question isn’t interested in other kinds of anti-aging measures, but strongly enough to make it not obvious whether it is or not.
Hrm. My definition of “anti-agathic” is something that prolongs life, so it isn’t obviously not counting a brain transplant to a younger body.
I’m somewhat opposed to tweaking the wording on long-standing parts of the census, since that makes it harder to compare to earlier years. If we want to go this route, I’d rather write a new question and ask both some year so we can compare them.
Yeah, I do see the value of keeping things the same across multiple years, which is why I said “might be worth” rather than “would be a good idea” or anything of the sort.
To me, “anti-agathics” specifically suggests drugs or something of the kind. Not so strongly that it’s obvious to me that the question isn’t interested in other kinds of anti-aging measures, but strongly enough to make it not obvious whether it is or not.