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Re:All-you-can-eat study shows body copes well with one-off ... by dooglius on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @07:46PM (#23981913)
That's not a good example because we (implicitly) make conclusions based on the very large background control group of people who rarely die.
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Re:All-you-can-eat study shows body copes well with one-off ... by Natsu on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @08:10PM (#23982077)
Over what time period?

Sure, if you measure the time surrounding the beheading, it's obvious, but if you expand the time range far enough, then you find out that everybody dies whether they're beheaded or not and suddenly it looks irrelevant.

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