From: Eivind Eklund <eeklund@...>
Date: 2007-01-16T22:12:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Hi all!

On 1/15/07, Brad Tilley <rtilley@vt.edu> wrote:
> Quoting Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com>:
>
> > > Hi! I hate america!
> > > All americans must die
> >
> > So must you - inevitably.
>
> The overall odds of dying are 1 in 1. That's an actual statistic.

Actually, so far, it's about 0.92(+- 0.02) in 1.                  [1]

Eivind.

[1] When I checked, various estimates said between 6 and 10% of the
humans that have ever lived are alive now.  These estimates were based
on different methods, sometimes radically different methods, and most
of them hit 7 or 8%, with some outliers.