Richard,

Thanks for taking the effort to write that. Living in fear isn't any way to live. And, the underlying truth is we are all going to DIE.

Another factor: infant mortality may be skewing the "average age of death" to a large degree. We save infants that in no way would have survived 20 years ago let alone 40 years ago or more.

Regards,

Craig

Richard Goodwin wrote:
Do the research

Unfortunately, it is hard or impossible to prove a negative, and for every theory out 
there, whether crackpot or legitimate, there seems to be some "research" that 
proves the theory true.  If I believed all the research out there, I would drive myself 
crazy trying to avoid all the dangerous things in this world.  Or I would live a short 
miserable life and die early of hunger, thirst and utter boredom.