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02-08-2017, 12:40 PM
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6 out of 8. I've seen his talks before, so there's that. Missed the fertility rate (I said 2, it is 2.5) and the measles vaccination (said 70%, it's 85%).
Very sad to see him passing away, amazing how he did his talks and the message he was trying to convey: all in all the world is getting better for most humans. Hope his son continues the push forward.
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02-08-2017, 12:52 PM
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1 out of 8. Seems like the world is way better off than I thought!
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02-08-2017, 01:42 PM
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1 out of 8 but in a good way. Given the nature of the article I picked the gloomy gus response most time. In fact the world has improved its lot A LOT in 50 yrs and is on that trajectory for good apparently. Be merry!
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02-08-2017, 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by harley
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The cure for cancer has not progressed as much as many people believe. Still a crapshoot game whether the cure will work on an individual or not.
And there are all kinds of other geriatric diseases that are between us and the goal of becoming a centenarian.
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02-12-2017, 09:29 AM
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Zero for me too. Maybe the news I watch and read is too pessimistic about the condition of the world.
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02-12-2017, 10:15 AM
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Only got 2 of 8 but close on some others. I have seen Rosling's visualizations before so I knew I should be more optimistic than my gut would tell me about the stats but I still underestimated that changes in the last 25-30 years.
Edit: I was saddened to learn that Rosling died at age 68 a few days ago.
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02-12-2017, 01:17 PM
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Gone but not forgotten
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hmmm...
choices:
10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
2, 2.5, 3,3.5,4,4.5,
I think the correct 1st choice was 87.78%
and the 2nd, was was 2.64%
oh well, aside from that, 3 for 8 
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02-12-2017, 01:34 PM
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1/8
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03-16-2017, 03:43 PM
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Five final thoughts from Hans Rosling.
Hans Rosling, population prophet: Five final thoughts - BBC News
He is quite bullish on the future economic prospects of Africa. That is a theory we have heard before though.
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03-16-2017, 03:46 PM
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03-16-2017, 04:32 PM
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True, and see what they think of poor old Cecil now.. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes_Must_Fall
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03-16-2017, 05:14 PM
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2/8 >>>> interesting questions most had a higher % then what I thought. Outstanding!
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