Life Expectancy |
Friday Dec 07 2007
By Shae Hadden | Bio
I'm intrigued by the popularity of online life expectancy calculators. Like reading tea leaves, tarot cards or astrological charts, many people seem to be fascinated with the idea of predicting their future. This compulsion to 'know how much time we have' is closely tied with a desire to re-engineer our lives to reduce or eliminate aging altogether. As if each of us has an expiry date that we can scan so we can know when we'll be used up! The concept of 'life expectancy' is based on statistical projections, which are based on past history. When you think about it, the whole idea is based on the premise that the past is an accurate predictor of the future.
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