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.
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'War Stories'
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Trudy Booth - Jul 28, 2009 8:51:21 am PDT #1016 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Gudanov - Jul 28, 2009 8:52:19 am PDT #1017 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
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.
lisah - Jul 28, 2009 8:55:39 am PDT #1018 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
oh msbelle, i'm so sorry about the bedbugs. Your Dealing with it efforts are truly admirable.
-t - Jul 28, 2009 8:55:42 am PDT #1019 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
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.
megan walker - Jul 28, 2009 8:59:06 am PDT #1020 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
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.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 28, 2009 8:59:50 am PDT #1021 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
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%
-t - Jul 28, 2009 9:03:24 am PDT #1022 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, a lot of how modern life expectancy is higher than it was a couple hundred years ago is attributable to lower infant mortality and childhood disease. I'm not sure how young men dying in wars/accidents/general violence compares.
msbelle - Jul 28, 2009 9:07:55 am PDT #1023 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
thanks lisa - I just found a product I think will make keeping or getting my sofa clean a lot easier, so that is something. And I found a store in NY that sell a bunch of this stuff, so I need to get up there one day this week.
Tonight I am bagging yarn and washing summer skirts/dresses. jealous, I know.
Gudanov - Jul 28, 2009 9:08:27 am PDT #1024 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
I would say potential lifespan has not changed a whole lot, but a lot of obstacles to reaching that potential lifespan have been removed. Vaccinations, antibiotics, more reliable food supply, sanitation, etc...
Calli - Jul 28, 2009 9:12:30 am PDT #1025 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
A speaker at this year's global health council conference said that humanity at large could have over 60 years life expectancy given clean water, sanitation, and reliable, safe light at night (to enable things like cleaning up after sick kids at 3 am without burning the house down).