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Life expectancy in the 1500s was much higher if you discard infant mortality. Like 55 years, not 25.
by underwater 5y ago
Life expectancy in the 1500s was much higher if you discard infant mortality. Like 55 years, not 25.
- zdragnar 5y agoCancer rate after 40 is also not 10% per year. It is a reasonable simplification to demonstrate the point.
- underwater 5y agoIf you just make up numbers to create a hypothetical model to explain an observation that's fine. But then it's just a theory. Sebb suggested that lower life expectancy leads to less cancer. Dsjoerg defined a hypothetical model that would lead to that happening, and then said that proves Sebb was correct. That's just circular reasoning. And when the hypothetical doesn't match observed reality it's a sign it might be broken.