From: Robert Dober Date: 2007-01-17T02:27:09+09:00 Subject: Re: Hi all! ------=_Part_103456_6123263.1168968426424 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 1/16/07, benjohn@fysh.org wrote: > > > On 1/15/07, Brad Tilley wrote: > >> Quoting Robert Klemme : > >> > >> > > 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 I guess that is as impossible as that hatery and stupidity will go away. But things will become better, death in itself gives a meaning to life. I will probably not want to die when the time comes but would I want to live forever? I adore Asimov's Bicentenial (sp?) Man, pretty sums it up in one word, Dying is defining Humanity. Well, nough said but it kind of fills my heart with joy how this tread evolved from a hatery message. I am very glad to be on this list even saying stupid things all the time. Cheers Robert -- "The best way to predict the future is to invent it." - Alan Kay ------=_Part_103456_6123263.1168968426424--