{"id":1278,"date":"2015-02-23T21:19:42","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T21:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/?p=1278"},"modified":"2015-02-23T21:20:00","modified_gmt":"2015-02-23T21:20:00","slug":"on-immortality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/2015\/02\/23\/on-immortality\/","title":{"rendered":"On immortality"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the “Making dreams come true” department, we recently had a sauna installed at the new gaff.<\/p>\n

\"Warming<\/a>
\nWarming up<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s very nice, and you should know that South Eastern trains have a special, hidden, weekend fare that lets you use the High Speed service for the same price as the slow train, and that I can pick you up from the station.<\/p>\n

In related news, Reuters reports that saunas “might” be good for one’s health<\/a>. Reading on, this headline seems to undersell things a bit.<\/p>\n

I’ve always thought that mortality was more or less 100%. Everybody dies, sooner or later. Now, Elijah skewed the stats a little<\/a>, but his non-death was compensated for by Tabitha<\/a>, Lazarus<\/a>, and two or three others; but on average (and certainly within experimental error), we’re good.<\/p>\n

But according to Reuters, that absolute statistic is looking somewhat shaky.<\/p>\n

\"screenshot<\/a>

Reducing mortality<\/p><\/div>\n

So you might want to take me up on that offer from Gravesend station.<\/p>\n

Sadly, I can’t tell you how sound are the data linking saunas and immortality<\/a>, because I don’t have access to the paper.<\/p>\n

“Further studies,” write the authors, “are warranted to establish the potential mechanism that links sauna bathing and cardiovascular health.”<\/p>\n

Indeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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