Interesting (and depressing!) post on the exponential mortality rate:
“Your probability of dying during a given year doubles every 8 years. For me, a 25-year-old American, the probability of dying during the next year is a fairly miniscule 0.03% — about 1 in 3,000. When I’m 33 it will be about 1 in 1,500, [...]
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Why you won’t live forever
Posted in biases, statistics on August 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
