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Average is not median. Historians say the number is skewed due to the higher infant mortality rate. And I would need to do more research on the prevalence of

• int_19h 6y ago
  Even assuming that the average lifespan is solely due to child mortality (it wasn't), would you prefer that to be that much higher? This isn't even something that has to be discussed abstractly - it was much higher not all that long ago, and we have plenty of personal records from those who were directly impacted by it. Going further back, it only gets worse. The reality is that humans playing with larger ecosystems is only as destructive as humans make it - it's not inherently destructive, it just needs to be done with appreciation of long-term effects, and it's something that we're still learning to do as a species. The reality, also, is that any group of humans that goes there, is going to stomp any other group that doesn't, because things like agriculture are necessary to produce a surplus that's needed for the society to maintain specialists - who become specialists because they don't have to spend most of their life foraging for food, because other people can produce more food than they need just for themselves. This category includes professional soldiers.