When X-Rays were used at the Shoe Store

Re:When X-Rays were used at the Shoe Store by nkrisc on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @10:18AM (#24980372)

And people also only lived to be 40 (if they were lucky) for hundreds of thousands of years. Just because ancient people did something doesn't somehow make it better for that reason alone.

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Re:When X-Rays were used at the Shoe Store by therealdrag0 on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @10:51AM (#24980701)

<40 is “life expectancy AT BIRTH”, that is not the adult life expectancy which is much higher.

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Re:When X-Rays were used at the Shoe Store by nkrisc on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @11:36AM (#24981168)

Exact value is irrelevant considering I'm talking about a span of hundreds of thousands of years across every human population alive during that time. The point is, and I feel confident saying it, that current life expectancy (at any stage) is higher now than at nearly any time in the distant past.

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Re:When X-Rays were used at the Shoe Store by amanaplanacanal on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @01:13PM (#24982278)

We have better medical care for sure. I doubt our diet or lifestyle are healthier, other than that.

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