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To: robowombat

50 was “young”?
Thought the average keel over time was like 45....


15 posted on 10/30/2019 3:00:11 AM PDT by Adder (Mr. Franklin: We are trying to get the Republic back!)
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To: Adder

“50”

Life expectancy is an average. Low values are mostly driven by infant mortality - a lot of zeros getting averaged in.


16 posted on 10/30/2019 4:43:16 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: Adder
50 was “young”?
Thought the average keel over time was like 45....

That “average” is wrong headed statistical aberrant thinking. The idea that people lived short lives is only statistical, based on childhood mortality. If you survived infancy and childhood, you would likely live a long life into old age.

21 posted on 10/30/2019 4:33:54 PM PDT by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplaphobe bigot!)
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