Longevity app calculates your life expectancy – but will it make us healthier?
Knowing the exact day you’re going to die could be a great motivation to do something about it. For example, if you know you’ll die tomorrow, you might want to take care of some unfinished business today. However, it could also be a bad thing because you might end up doing things you wouldn’t normally do. For example, if someone told you that you were going to die tomorrow, you might start drinking too much alcohol or gambling.
We shouldn’t put too much trust into these predictions because they are based on some assumptions about our future. For example, if you’re born under the sign of Cancer, your longevity might be longer than someone who was born under the sign of Leo.
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Life expectancy has increased dramatically since 1900. It is currently around 80 years.
Life expectancy varies depending on where you’re born or live. For example, women tend to outlive men. People who smoke tend to live shorter lives.
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Life expectancy
This app is more accurate than other apps. It gives me about 90 years.
Life expectancy calculators spit out different numbers because there are many factors influencing the results. Marriage increases life expectancy compared to being unmarried. Happiness increases life expectancy compared to unhappiness. Smoking decreases life expectancy compared to non-smoking. Fruit and vegetables increase life expectancy compared to eating junk food. Alcohol consumption decreases life expectancy compared to drinking less than once per week. Exercise increases life expectancy compared to sitting around doing nothing.
The East Anglia research team wants to encourage people to adopt healthy lifestyles by using their calculators. However, this calculator doesn’t always work properly. People who use the calculator may be encouraged to adopt healthier lifestyles, but they might also be discouraged because sometimes the calculator isn’t working properly.
Human beings are social creatures and we need to interact with other humans to survive. We also need to eat and drink. Therefore, we need to work together to get things done. However, our emotions make us do irrational things. For example, if you’re angry about something, you might yell at someone else. Or, if you’re happy, you might give someone a hug. People who try to change others’ behavior without understanding how people think and behave may fail.
