What would be some fact that, while true, could be told in a context or way that is misinfomating or make the other person draw incorrect conclusions?

  • grue@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Of the ~100 billion humans who have ever lived, about 8 billion (8%) are still alive today. Therefore, your chance of dying is 92%, not 100%.

      • Ram@lemmy.ramram.ink
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        1 year ago

        We have no evidence they’re not. Statistically speaking, as many as 8% of humans are potentially immortal.

        • Kale@lemmy.zip
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          1 year ago

          It’s common sense that if aging were solved tomorrow, it would be patented and the wealthiest 3% would enjoy much longer lives, while the working class wouldn’t see much change.

          Incidentally, longer life would allow even more accumulation of money and power, making inequality worse.

          Plus side: billionaires now consider climate change threat #1 and use many more resources to solve it compared to today, rather than only care about the next 40-50 years.

          • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
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            1 year ago

            On the down side, they’d probably solve the climate crisis by spreading vaporised peons in the upper atmosphere to block some of the solar radiation.

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          1 year ago

          Yeah, only about 8% of people currently living are immortal, so don’t get your hopes up.

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        We have no evidence they’re not. Statistically speaking, as many as 8% of humans are potentially immortal.