You keep mentioning death, but death is just the worst possible outcome. What about maiming, paralysis, broken bones, etc.?
My uncle played football in high-school, broke his knee and it's bothered him ever since. He didn't die.
Everything we do has risk, and we shouldn't let it consume us. But I'd also not focus on death in isolation.
Probability of 1.0? Are you sure you're doing the right math? What's the probability after 6,400 years? 2.0?
Re:Please don't let gaming consume your life
by humbledrone on Monday May 21, 2012 @09:20PM
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I meant expected value, but I wrote "expected probably".
Re:Please don't let gaming consume your life
by SamReidHughes on Tuesday May 22, 2012 @01:25AM
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That's still wrong. If you have x chance of surviving each day of rock climbing then you have an x^n chance of surviving n days of rock climbing, not a 0 chance of surviving.
Compared to how much you can benefit from the exercise, the risk of falling and dying is really insignificant, to the point that I don't think it's worth debating between climbing and any other common form of exercise.
[EDIT]: Fix an incorrectly worded statement about expected value.