I won't throw anything away.
In Data We Trust
Cool that my DNA has programmed into it things like being or not being hit by a bus, airplane crashes, meteor extinction, etc.
Not hijack the point of the thread but instead of looking for something genetic here to explain it he probably could have just found out that his brother got molested by a gay guy when he was young.
Outside of some scheming life insurance reason I can find almost no practical use for knowing ones approximate time of death.
There is a reason the good Lord kept such information from us. Who would not likely develop acute and perhaps incapacitating anxiety with such knowledge and more so as that time drew near? Here’s what I do know. It is 100% certain that I am going to die. Knowing the day or the hour should not affect the manner in which I live my life. If it did, then something is significantly wrong with my approach to life and the time I am allotted.
“I would love to know when Im going to die, says Brian Chen, a researcher who is chief science officer for Life Epigenetics, a company that services the insurance industry. That would influence how I approach life.”
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For all his ‘smarts,’ this individual is missing the entire picture. We’re not promised tomorrow; we’re not promised the next breath. And he and his ilk think they can out smart the Creator. They keep refusing to accept that there is a Creator because they want to be in charge of it all.
I’m probably saying it incorrectly...what is it...about living responsibly for the future yet expect to be called tonight. It’s the opposite of the farmer who thought he’d be able to live a long life based on what he had, only to be told he’d be called (die) that night.
My memory is going. Can anyone assist with that saying?
I saw a T-shirt once that said “if I lived every day like I knew it would be my last, the body count would be horrendous.”
If only Vince Foster had had better DNA ...
I am hiring a retired Google coder to overwrite my DNA to match Methuselah’s.
My DNA states “die at 95 with two sexy 24 year old blonde nurses in Vegas”..
Two of my sisters have passed away. One fell off of a train overpass and died at 62 and another decided to sit in a chair for 10 years without moving. She died at the age of 70.
It’s not all DNA.
There may be something in this. I got half of my DNA from my Mom, who told me I’d be dead at 12 if I didn’t pick up my room right now.
It would be realistic only if 8% of people die of accidents and about 25% die prematurely due infection or fatal illness and the rest 67% die of diseases due to ageing. But we don’t know who that 67% are and can’t be determined. So what good is a study that tells you you are in the lottery whether you want to be or not for that 67% number. And especially when the first 33% are not identified. If you end up not paying attention and becoming a splat on the front of a bus, does that mean someone else gets to old age? Or wee they counted in the 67% due to DNA. (I don’t think DNA covers stupidity)
Determining illness is a guess. What happens if they find a cure for cancer, heart disease, diabetes? That screws up the guess.
I’m reminded of the movie DAVE, when as the president he is asking why millions of dollars are being spent to advertise so people will be happy with the car they already purchased. Don’t these numbers guys have better things to do like finding funds for cures of illnesses or fix world hunger. Or is this their answer to identify people who they need to stop treating or starve that didn’t get the 67 percentile marker? Surely they can do better than this with their time.
This was one of the major problems with the ACA, and was stumped by Obama on ending life refusal of treatment determined by cost effectiveness and not quality of life issues. And to put it even more into focus, they had already set up a bank of bean counters to determine who was worth the cost and was prepared to write them off. Give them a study like this they can misuse, and it is just another door they can close in your face and watch you do what they don’t care about to begin with......you die. Now who’s playing God?
rwood
Not only do you want to know, but also who else is going to want to know.
Prospective spouse, employer, etc...
With the world the way it is, not soon enough.
Very accurate unless you smoke, drink, eat too much or step out across a busy intersection while ogling your smart phone.
I'll be 85 then......Lord willing and the creek don't rise.....
My DNA says I will die on June 14, 2053.
I am having a huge party on June 13, 2053,
and you are all invited.