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"a higher risk of ... death" is there really a higher risk of death? i think my chances of dying are already pretty close to 100%.
by notatoad 12y ago
"a higher risk of ... death"
is there really a higher risk of death? i think my chances of dying are already pretty close to 100%.
- cbd1984 12y agoIf you think brain uploading and/or gerontology will possibly produce a cure for death, your odds of dying may be somewhat less than 100% over some arbitrary finite but very long time span. Even if you disagree with that, you can still parse the statement the way it was intended.
- knodi123 12y agothey didn't say a higher risk of "eventual death". At every moment in your life, you have a certain risk of death. When you reach 114 years of age, the risk is pretty high from moment to moment. Right now, fingers crossed, your risk is pretty low. Too much sitting increases the average of the risks of death for some of the remaining moments of your life. Ha! Pedant your way out of that one!
- nazgulnarsil 12y agoyup, and skydiving without a parachute doesn't change your risk of death either since it is 100% anyway! "higher risk of death" means on average people who engage in the behavior die faster.
- gboss 12y agoActually not 100%: http://www.greenharbor.com/fffolder/ffallers.html http://www.greenharbor.com/fffolder/ffallers.html
- ssully 12y agoI understand that the use of aircrafts in WW2 was incredibly high, but I would have thought maybe 1 person survived a free fall and lived, not 6(recorded on that site). Thanks for sharing that.
- fineline 12y agoBy my troth, I care not; a man can die but once; we owe God a death and let it go which way it will, he that dies this year is quit for the next.
- letstryagain 12y agoDon't be a smartass, read the study. They measure risk of death as 'your risk of dying in the next 12 months' And if you really want to be a smartass, note that about 5% of all people have never died.