Wudi@feddit.uk to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoAlcohol is the root of 62 diseases and a partial cause of dozens morehsph.harvard.eduexternal-linkmessage-square184linkfedilinkarrow-up1537arrow-down113
arrow-up1524arrow-down1external-linkAlcohol is the root of 62 diseases and a partial cause of dozens morehsph.harvard.eduWudi@feddit.uk to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square184linkfedilink
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months agoPopular misconception. There were a lot of people who never made it out of childhood, which skews the average down. But if you made it to adulthood, you had a pretty good chance of making it to 65 or so.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·2 months agoThat’s how averages work. Math.
minus-squareNocturnalMorning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThat’s also why averages aren’t a good measure.
Popular misconception.
There were a lot of people who never made it out of childhood, which skews the average down.
But if you made it to adulthood, you had a pretty good chance of making it to 65 or so.
That’s how averages work. Math.
That’s also why averages aren’t a good measure.