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Total BS
Age catches up to all of us, assigning a hard number misses the mark, good or bad. Personally I have an aunt in her 90's who is quite infirmed physically, but her memory and cognitive abilities are amazing. I am less in favor of age 67, more in favor of success in training and medical certification being the deciding factor. As for me, if 67 happens, I doubt I will want to continue past 65 (or less), but I'd like to go out on my own terms.
Trouble is, for every “sharp as a tack at 80” story there are dozens in the same age range with dementia, Alzheimer’s, cognitive degradation. These numbers begin ramping up in our early 60’s, sometimes beginning even earlier, and increase exponentially as we age. It’s no one’s fault, just what happens.