So all these posts about Death Clocks on the internet got me
wondering if there is some sort of formula these sites use to come up with
their answers. I would hope so at least. In my searching, I came across some
rather funny comments to some of the web’s different “death clock” sites, which
included people saying how wrong and horrible they thought the creators of
these sites are. Anyways, I found that they keep their official secret formula
pretty hidden. But I did find a site that I thought at least made a lot of
sense in how these clocks could work, if it’s not completely accurate.
It states that:
“It subtracts your current age from the current average life
span (I’m assuming of your general country) and then breaks that down into
seconds.”
Activity level, smoking habits, and BMI are then identified
as having different time shortening effects that I would guess vary by
combination.
I thought this was all very interesting because it shows how
inaccurate these kinds of things can be, especially since they really only
consider so few factors that affect everyone on a daily basis.
My favorite part however was probably the final statement: “These statistics aren't based on science, so if you want or
need an evaluation of how long you really have left see a medical doctor.”
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art63934.asp
I nearly died laughing at the end of your post (pun intended). I was waiting for you to throw your evidence against theirs and they ended up doing it for you. I took one of those death clock quiz's a good while ago; I was right around the average. The one that I took did not ask about family members which I found a little off putting. I don't know how much it would have said for me as on my father's side most everyone lives into their 90's and many live past 100, but many of my mothers relatives only live into their late fifties and early sixties.
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