tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071357103312480367.post2535768906896912971..comments2023-06-17T09:14:17.021-05:00Comments on Inkfish: Aging Makes People Colon-Close-ParenthesisElizabeth Prestonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01991219617456983242noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071357103312480367.post-28229156346659909022013-02-10T10:37:33.057-06:002013-02-10T10:37:33.057-06:00I volunteer with senior citizens and am always ama...I volunteer with senior citizens and am always amazed at how unstressed they are. Besides the fear of falling down, they don't fear much. They've been there, done that, and have experienced all the ups and downs of life. And most of them live on a fixed income, which helps to know that you can pay your bills for the upcoming years, which most of us younger people fear.<br />Anyways, here are some secrets to a long life from the world's oldest person (formerly): http://letubeu.com/2011/06/14/how-many-days-old-are-you/Tomhttp://www.letubeu.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071357103312480367.post-66838187003322278252013-02-08T16:41:54.896-06:002013-02-08T16:41:54.896-06:00It's probably worth noting that Statler and Wa...It's probably worth noting that Statler and Waldorf, while dismissive and belittling of pretty much everything, are incredibly happy while doing so. They usually follow their scathing putdowns by uproarious laughter, usually at their target's expense.<br /><br />By the way, for people who aren't familiar with it, the effect shown by the two graphs (the trend of an aggregate is different from the trends of subgroups) is called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson%27s_paradox" rel="nofollow">Simpson's paradox</a>, and is worth knowing about for anyone doing regressions/correlations.RMnoreply@blogger.com