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Re:Greg Kouri, PayPal co-founder, dies at 51 by chollida1 on Monday August 13, 2012 @08:02PM (#4378771)
I didn't down vote you but I think your initial down votes were based on two things:

1) you stated your opinion as a fact. There is some research to point to shorter life expectancy but stating it as a fact that will happen no matter what seems a little strong.

2) you state that life expectancy will "plummet". Plummet indicates a very large dropoff. From what I've seen, some respected paper suggest that life expectancy might dip by a year or so.

But to have a say 10 year drop, which is what plummet would indicate seems rash as no credible scientists are predicting that.

Re:Greg Kouri, PayPal co-founder, dies at 51 by bobbles on Monday August 13, 2012 @09:28PM (#4378959)
He also provided no context and no relation to the article, so downvotes aren't surprising on HN for that.
Re:Greg Kouri, PayPal co-founder, dies at 51 by bootload on Monday August 13, 2012 @11:59PM (#4379332)
"... He also provided no context and no relation to the article ..."

How do you know it's a 'he'? A quick scan & I can't tell.