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The burden of proof rests on the person making the claim (the person claiming that some smokers/drinkers live to 100) rather than the person challenging it.
by Uehreka 9y ago
The burden of proof rests on the person making the claim (the person claiming that some smokers/drinkers live to 100) rather than the person challenging it.
- coldtea 9y agoBoth are claims. One is just implicit. Some of the longest living people in the world (e.g. in the island of Icaria) drink and smoke like it's 1977 and they have always been. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/magazine/the-island-where-people-forget-to-die.html https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/magazine/the-island-where... Perhaps less stress and better lifestyle (quality of life) is the key to fewer cancers and such, as opposed to cutting smoking and drinking -- even with the increased burden on the lungs and such.