If there was a test to predict you death.............

ninerbuff
ninerbuff Posts: 49,033 Member
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would you take it?

Apparently it's being worked on.

http://www.aol.com/article/2014/03/01/death-test-aims-to-predict-time-of-death/20840977/?icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl5|sec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D449353

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  • HDHogger
    HDHogger Posts: 764
    Nope
  • mfp2014mfp
    mfp2014mfp Posts: 689 Member
    No, and I hope it's not perfected. I can just imagine insurance companies making them mandatory before providing cover :grumble:
  • cwsreddy
    cwsreddy Posts: 998 Member
    you go to aol.com?
  • AlongCame_Molly
    AlongCame_Molly Posts: 2,835 Member
    I'd take it. I'd like to know if my days of procrastination are really worth it or not. :laugh:
  • kangakev
    kangakev Posts: 2,430 Member
    yeah I'd take a crack at it, just for laughs
  • Mugiwarah
    Mugiwarah Posts: 40
    You may predict as much as you want, but the appointed time of death will remain unknown to everybody except for God.
  • David_AUS
    David_AUS Posts: 298 Member
    Wonder if they will add this series of questions:

    Part 1: Are you completing this test for yourself or someone else?
    (a) Myself (goto Part 2)
    (b) Someone else - Shhh don't tell them the result! If you do the goto Part 2

    Part 2: Do you (or the person you are filling this test out for) tend to get stressed when you there is an upcoming deadline?
    (a) No I usually forget deadlines until way past the time they were due - Great lets go to Part 3
    (b) Yes - Oh crap for you then :-/ ... oh and us - Estimated year of death: #ISERR / #DIV!0

    #DIV!0#DIV!0#DIV!0#DIV!0#DIV!0#DIV!0#DIV!0#DIV!0

    Lets go with you will live for another n+1 days :)
  • RECowgill
    RECowgill Posts: 881 Member
    I would fail
  • David_AUS
    David_AUS Posts: 298 Member
    ...would I take the test- yes. Would I take notice of it or the myriad of companies trying to sell you their wonder drug blends etc... Probably not. In reality it could be useful to help people who are genuinely interested in looking to make smarter decisions for their health.
  • asimmons221
    asimmons221 Posts: 294 Member
    why not, we all die sometime, it'll just help me live my life to the fullest.
  • RunMyOregonBunsOff
    RunMyOregonBunsOff Posts: 862 Member
    I might just for fun but I'd put no more thought into it than a horoscope (which I don't take the least bit seriously).
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    I already know roughly
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,033 Member
    bump
  • MysteriousMerlin
    MysteriousMerlin Posts: 2,270 Member
    But I already know when! August 18th, 2045

    http://www.deathclock.com/
  • Sinisterly
    Sinisterly Posts: 10,913 Member
    Eh, not really
  • Derp_Diggler
    Derp_Diggler Posts: 1,456 Member
    Nah. Knowledge is power. But ignorance is bliss. I'd rather be blissfully ignorant about my demise than spend the rest of my life trying to knowledgeably do everything and anything to avoid it.
  • gimpygramma
    gimpygramma Posts: 383 Member
    I'd take it. I am at an age where peers are dying. I am a total control freak. I want to know when I have to start cleaning out all my drawers and cupboards.
  • thatonegirlwiththestuff
    thatonegirlwiththestuff Posts: 1,171 Member
    Nah. Knowledge is power. But ignorance is bliss. I'd rather be blissfully ignorant about my demise than spend the rest of my life trying to knowledgeably do everything and anything to avoid it.

    Semi unrelated, but I literally just gave someone that exact advice yesterday in some totally different context.
  • Soccermavrick
    Soccermavrick Posts: 405 Member
    No. Life is a surprise, if you spend it counting down you take the fun and excitement out of it.

    Besides even if I took it, I would wonder how accurate it is, some what is the point. And any deathclock is only going to be able to forecast your body, not all the accidents that could happen or that might play in to it.
  • PatheticNoetic
    PatheticNoetic Posts: 905 Member
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  • runs4zen
    runs4zen Posts: 769 Member
    That would not appeal to me whatsoever. I'd obsess about how many days I theoretically have left...which would then ruin my "alive" days. Anyhow, it probably wouldn't work for me. I'm going to live forever and look and feel exactly the way I do right now.
  • asprettyasme
    asprettyasme Posts: 175
    I want to say yes but then I was thinking that if the moment ever present itself in reality, then I would chicken out and not go. I would have to see what I do when the time comes.

    I see this backfiring though. What if it says something terrifying and it end up putting people in the crazy house? I think I would freak out if it told me something like I was going to die in a plane accident or get burnt alive. What if It start to warn people about another 9-11 event happening or a world war bombing that kills millions? That would be freaky because it would be no stopping it so people would go insane.

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