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Date: 08 Jun 2001 11:06:10 -0600
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Date: 2001-06-08T11:06:10-06:00
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Roedy Green <roedy@mindprod.com> writes:
> If we eliminated death by disease or old age, you would live on
> average 200 years before you died by accident.  This suggests to me
> that our ancestors will be insanely safety-minded from our point of
> view.

I imagine our ancestors will be long dead by then.  Our descendants,
OTOH....

-=Eric
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