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Re:Life expectancy in India goes up by 5 years in a decade by lmm on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @04:54AM (#7142984)
> Young people always think we want to live longer. Somehow, our minds end up changing by the time we become old people.

No they don't. Old people might say they wish they'd died younger, but their actions show otherwise.

Re:Life expectancy in India goes up by 5 years in a decade by eli_gottlieb on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @05:19AM (#7143048)
You mean their actions like having a living will that says to let them die in some circumstances, or outright filing "right to die" lawsuits? Or their attempts at suicide, which come at a rate well above those of the general population?

Those actions?

Re:Life expectancy in India goes up by 5 years in a decade by MarkTee on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @06:28AM (#7143223)
If they truly wished that they'd died younger, then they'd already be dead.
Re:Life expectancy in India goes up by 5 years in a decade by eli_gottlieb on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @08:18AM (#7143594)
Are you honestly claiming an unsuccessful suicide attempt is an example of wanting to live? That's getting near "revealed rational preferences" in its level of sheer bullshit.
Re:Life expectancy in India goes up by 5 years in a decade by MarkTee on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @10:02AM (#7144182)
Nice strawman.

But yes, if somebody makes a failed suicide attempt, and doesn't follow up on that, I'd say that they wish to live (except for those who are left physically incapacitated due to their attempt, obviously).

Re:Life expectancy in India goes up by 5 years in a decade by eli_gottlieb on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @03:32PM (#7146615)
Look, I apologize for the curseword, but you have to admit, in suicide as in all other actions, there are a million things that come between people's real intentions and their realized actions.
Re:Life expectancy in India goes up by 5 years in a decade by benched on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @12:00PM (#7145099)
I'd say you're completely full of shit. Suicide is hard, and, contrary to the propaganda about it, takes a great deal more courage than, say, skydiving.