Well, I guess that was my subtle point: the data doesn't paint a full picture. It tells us something specific and rather narrow.
It isn't very useful.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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