From: benjohn@...
Date: 2007-01-16T23:35:02+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]

However, looking to the future, assuming we find a means to immortality
at some point, it's unlikely to be something we forget in a hurry, and
from that point on, neither Americans, nor anyone else will _need_ to
die. Thus all previous lives and deaths will eventually be swamped out,
so the probability will diminish to 0.

Predicting that event, I place the odds over all time at 0.

> Eivind.

Benjohn