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Entry Posted July 24, 2007

http://blogs.wsj.com/numbersguy/the-numbers-behind-life-
expectancy-152/
How life expectancies are calculated, and why Michael Moore’s and CNN’s figures are (slightly) different. 08:57

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… Editing an encyclopedia in public is a matter of monkeys and dogs. Meet the Bonobos: Peaceful and sexually liberated, or dismembering duiker-haters? Study finds multiple stab wounds may be harmful to monkeys.Comparing numbers--Michael Moore's and others'--in the quest to measure life expectancy.Today's long read: Learning new things about lies by studying children with autism or Asperger's, who think your haircut is awful. Tibet warming at twice the global average, affirming beliefs that high elevations have lots in common with the poles. …

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… Editing an encyclopedia in public is a matter of monkeys and dogs. Meet the Bonobos: Peaceful and sexually liberated, or dismembering duiker-haters? Study finds multiple stab wounds may be harmful to monkeys.Comparing numbers--Michael Moore's and others'--in the quest to measure life expectancy.Today's long read: Learning new things about lies by studying children with autism or Asperger's, who think your haircut is awful. Tibet warming at twice the global average, affirming beliefs that high elevations have lots in common with the poles. …

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