Fascination with Longevity

Instinctively, humans do not want to die. Not wanting to die is one thing but to want to live an inordinately long life is quite another. I fail to grasp why so.
                                                         
                                                                                                           



Courtsey NYTimes



http://nyti.ms/RxhGh4

NYTimes: The Island Where People Forget to Die

Unraveling the mystery of why the inhabitants of Ikaria, an island of 99 square miles that is home to almost 10,000 Greek nationals, live so long and so well.