Re: greatest threats to survival (was: why believe the truth?)

From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Tue Jun 17 2003 - 02:04:25 MDT

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    On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Ramez Naam wrote:

    > From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky [mailto:sentience@pobox.com]
    > > Even if we consider only personal survival, what are,
    > > on the average, the greatest probable threats to the
    > > survival of any given human living today?
    >
    > 1) Old age (and its related causes of death)
    > 2) Infectious disease

    I'm not sure I agree with this -- the problem is with the
    statement "any given human". There are *many* humans
    who *will* die (if not preserved with cryonics or some
    other technology -- which currently means *most* of them).
    The causes of death (i.e. threats to them) are here:

    http://www.aeiveos.com/~bradbury/Aging/CausesOfDeath.html

    Its a bit dated but things have not changed too significantly.

    Robert

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