«My Doc buddy, and a recent article posted on the CNN website says exactly that 90% of what ails us could be prevented with proper behavior.» Alas, ynnek58, I suspect that even with the best regime, among the «10 %» which will continue to ail us, old age and death will retain their pride of place. But I agree - if people in the United States could stop shooting each other, the mortailty rate (annual deaths per 100000 of the population) would decline and life expectancy would increase. But I get the impression, possibly erroneous, that you would attribute this sort of attrition to «natural selection», of which you seem to approve….
«My Doc buddy, and a recent article posted on the CNN website says exactly that 90% of what ails us could be prevented with proper behavior.» Alas, ynnek58, I suspect that even with the best regime, among the «10 %» which will continue to ail us, old age and death will retain their pride of place. But I agree - if people in the United States could stop shooting each other, the mortailty rate (annual deaths per 100000 of the population) would decline and life expectancy would increase. But I get the impression, possibly erroneous, that you would attribute this sort of attrition to «natural selection», of which you seem to approve….
Henri