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NoOne · 04-25-2018, 01:09 PM

how old was the guy?

i mean if he's 80+, it's not so shocking. at 52 it is another story.

once you make it beyond ~40, your life expectancy jumps quite a bit compared to average. causes of early deaths skew the numbers becuase a lot of them are attributable to dumb behaviour that you are less likely to engage in after X number of years (if not specifically 40, it's a real effect and you can draw a line somewhere based on data).

so as long as they are living to 80-90ish most of the time, it's ~normal.

04-25-2018, 01:09 PM	#3
NoOne Banned Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,273 Infractions: 0/1 (3)	how old was the guy? i mean if he's 80+, it's not so shocking. at 52 it is another story. once you make it beyond ~40, your life expectancy jumps quite a bit compared to average. causes of early deaths skew the numbers becuase a lot of them are attributable to dumb behaviour that you are less likely to engage in after X number of years (if not specifically 40, it's a real effect and you can draw a line somewhere based on data). so as long as they are living to 80-90ish most of the time, it's ~normal. Last edited by NoOne; 04-25-2018 at 01:11 PM.