Alice, it’s an evocative wedding speech not a Science publication! - I don’t think this is a helpful or charitable response!
I don’t think the life expectancy of 35 is even wrong. Yes, infant mortality of 30% is contributing but noone’s arguing that infant mortality is a good thing. And even if you don’t die an infant, your life expectancy is going to be perhaps 55, which is still a lot less than the 70 or so years that we might expect to live!
Alice, it’s an evocative wedding speech not a Science publication! - I don’t think this is a helpful or charitable response!
I don’t think the life expectancy of 35 is even wrong. Yes, infant mortality of 30% is contributing but noone’s arguing that infant mortality is a good thing. And even if you don’t die an infant, your life expectancy is going to be perhaps 55, which is still a lot less than the 70 or so years that we might expect to live!