Here's a fun game - it's called "Try to explain this flawed logic."
Bill O'Reilly: Higher Canadian Life Expectancy "To Be Expected" Because "We Have 10 Times As Many People"
Last night on the O'Reilly Factor, Bill turned to the audience letters. From Peter in Canada: "Has anyone noted that life expectancy in Canada under our health system is higher than the USA?" Bill wasn't phased, but he did use some creative math to answer. "Well Peter, that's to be expected," he said, "we have ten times as many people as you do!"
I'm usually good at explaining "What were they thinking when they made this incorrect logical assertion?" but I'm drawing a blank on this one....
I am looking super cute today.
I agree, you are looking very cute today. I hope Tino doesn't notice.
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lisa - I hope it is nothing.
I'm usually good at explaining "What were they thinking when they made this incorrect logical assertion?" but I'm drawing a blank on this one....
It has something to do with them all being the same species. It's too complicated to explain.
I'm usually good at explaining "What were they thinking when they made this incorrect logical assertion?" but I'm drawing a blank on this one....
That's a toughie. I think you could make a case that there are too many variables in life expectancy to use it as a metric of quality of health care. In this case, I think the best explanation is that Bill O'Reilly is an idiot.
oh msbelle, i'm so sorry about the bedbugs. Your Dealing with it efforts are truly admirable.
I'm drawing a blank on this one....
All I can figure is that he doesn't know what "life expectancy" means and is translating it into "fewer deaths/year" in his head or something.
I hope your cat is ok, lisah.
I know a number of people who think we live a lot longer today than we did a few hundred years ago. But that number really changes if you compare people that made it past 30 then and now.
Poor kitty.
Related to Bill O'Rielly, I hate it when people say that doing something "lowers the risk of death". I am pretty sure my risk of death is 100%
