BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Dracunculus Medinensis, Chamber Pot, Improved Sanitation
12 Jan 2017
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Tests the conclusion in various ways: magic (superstition) The human brain"s default mode is magic : we are convinced we are right. Find some facts to fit those conclusions. Avoid testing or challenging your conclusions: this is a survival mechanism. Quick decision making in dangerous situations: this type of thinking slows progress. World life span is much lower in canada but still almost double that throughout most of human history. In some countries in the world the life span is actually lower than life expectancy in the stone age. Approximately 30 to 35 years for most of recorded history in the last 6000 years. Approximately 30 to 35 years through the stone age. 82 years in 2009 in canada (most improvements over the last 150 years) Variations smoothed out as records are not precise. Number of 35 years is an estimate by combining the data. This difference of life expectancy between countries exist because of the quality of life.
