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alicey comments on A defense of Senexism (Deathism) - Less Wrong Discussion

-5 Post author: Gunnar_Zarncke 16 February 2014 07:47PM

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Comment author: alicey 16 February 2014 10:48:03PM *  2 points [-]

note: "life expectancy used to be ~30" is a common misconception (it's being skewed by infant mortality) (life expectancy has gone up a lot, just not that much)

(as far as i know. i've been told that it's a common misconception that this is a common misconception, but they refused to cite sources)