Cowen said he can readily imagine that within 50 years most diseases will have been beaten back and everyone will die of old age or accidents.
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Prediction: Statements about events outside the person's control, checked once they fell due: did they come true?
Reasoning
deadline 2076 is after 2026-11-04
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Tyler Cowen, “Cowen said he can readily imagine that within 50 years most diseases will have been beaten back and everyone will die of old age or accidents.” (said 4 March 2026). Verdict: not yet due. Reliability API, claim c_f68ba63af702, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_f68ba63af702
This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.
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