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Of the ~100 billion humans who have ever lived, about 8 billion (8%) are still alive today. Therefore, your chance of dying is 92%, not 100%.
Wouldn't that be the chance of any randomly selected person being dead?
Yea, you are right, idk what the original commenter is on.
Classic, but very illustrative
People reading this, aren't you just a ray of sunshine with your 8% survival rate?
Are you assuming that everyone currently above is immortal? You may be in for some disappointment.
We have no evidence they're not. Statistically speaking, as many as 8% of humans are potentially immortal.
That's what's misleading about it.
Yeah, only about 8% of people currently living are immortal, so don't get your hopes up.
We have no evidence they're not. Statistically speaking, as many as 8% of humans are potentially immortal.