From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2007-01-16T23:33:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Hi all!

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On 1/16/07, Eivind Eklund <eeklund@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> That is an amazing fact.
Cheers
Robert

-- 
"The best way to predict the future is to invent it."
- Alan Kay

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