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Saying "we still have diseases killing millions of people" ignores population. A disease that strikes down 100 million people today has killed 1.7% of the human population.

 

A REAL disease that struck down an estimated 100 million people in the Dark Ages, the Black Plague, reduced the total human population by a third, and the outbreaks of related diseases killed another 10%. The two things are not remotely comparable. AT ALL.

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Originally posted by Drunk on Mystery:

Saying "we still have diseases killing millions of people" ignores population. A disease that strikes down 100 million people today has killed 1.7% of the human population.

 

A REAL disease that struck down an estimated 100 million people in the Dark Ages, the Black Plague, reduced the total human population by a third, and the outbreaks of related diseases killed another 10%. The two things are not remotely comparable. AT ALL.

 

So the only thing that makes the difference is that there are more people now?

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The difference is that the degree of it is much smaller than back then. It's like saying in 1920, you lost 1 dollar. Were you to lose that same amount today, it wouldn't be nearly as much valuable (or significant...).

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Originally posted by Drunk on Mystery:

Saying "we still have diseases killing millions of people" ignores population. A disease that strikes down 100 million people today has killed 1.7% of the human population.

 

A REAL disease that struck down an estimated 100 million people in the Dark Ages, the Black Plague, reduced the total human population by a third, and the outbreaks of related diseases killed another 10%. The two things are not remotely comparable. AT ALL.

 

So the only thing that makes the difference is that there are more people now?

 

Are you being intentionally ignorant?

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Originally posted by ButterMilkPancakes:

The difference is that the degree of it is much smaller than back then. It's like saying in 1920, you lost 1 dollar. Were you to lose that same amount today, it wouldn't be nearly as much valuable (or significant...).

 

What?

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One thing that is extremely fascinating about this discussion is the sharp difference in worldviews of the participants.

 

By that I mean that my perception of what the world around me actually is only loosely resembles that of Darthmagic. I don't mean that in a disparaging way; to each his own. I just find it very interesting that different people can take in essentially the same information, and their brains process that information in completely different ways, with completely different results.

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DOM do you know of any reports on the issue of having a safer world tody? I have been searching and i can't find any. would really appreciate it.

 

Well, in the Middle Ages: nearly a third of women died before they were 5, and more than 3/4 died before they were 25: http://www.hyw.com/Books/History/Fertilit.htm

 

Finding more comprehensive data is trickier because the Middle Ages suffered a worse infant mortality rate than any modern Third World Country, and so some people believe that infant deaths should be discarded. The fact is that nearly 40% of all children born in Middle Ages Europe would die before they were 10.

 

However, based on most studies, an aristocrat who survived to age 21 would, on average, live into his early 60s, whereas a peasant who survived to 21 would live to his mid 50s.

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Originally posted by Drunk on Mystery:

quote:
Originally posted by Darthmagic:

DOM do you know of any reports on the issue of having a safer world tody? I have been searching and i can't find any. would really appreciate it.

 

Well, in the Middle Ages: nearly a third of women died before they were 5, and more than 3/4 died before they were 25: http://www.hyw.com/Books/History/Fertilit.htm

 

Finding more comprehensive data is trickier because the Middle Ages suffered a worse infant mortality rate than any modern Third World Country, and so some people believe that infant deaths should be discarded. The fact is that nearly 40% of all children born in Middle Ages Europe would die before they were 10.

 

However, based on most studies, an aristocrat who survived to age 21 would, on average, live into his early 60s, whereas a peasant who survived to 21 would live to his mid 50s.

 

Thanks.

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