Re:Heuristics that almost always work
by rcthompson on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @07:08PM
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I'd like to see the average life expectancy graph rephrased as "probably of dying today given current age".
Back of the envelope calculation: Life expectancy of 72 years times 365 gives about 26k days, so your average chance of death on a given day is on the order of 1 in 26,000.
Back of the envelope calculation: Life expectancy of 72 years times 365 gives about 26k days, so your average chance of death on a given day is on the order of 1 in 26,000.