Longevity? The following email is littered with factual errors: “Fact Check-Post states wrong ages at which several inventors died.” See Fact Check-Post states wrong ages at which several inventors died | Reuters This post should remind us that people are just making up their own factoids at an astounding rate. But here are the factoids in Eddie’s email, all with an obvious agenda:
“1 The inventor of the treadmill died at the age of 54
2 The inventor of modern gymnastics died at the age of 57
3 The world bodybuilding champion died at the age of 41
4 The best footballer (SOCCER) in the world Maradona, died at the age of 60.
5 James Fuller Fixx credited with helping start America’s fitness revolution by popularizing the sport of running died of a heart attack while jogging at 52 years of age
BUT
6 The KFC inventor died at 94. Colonel Sanders.
7 Inventor of Nutella chocolate and nut spread died at the age of 88.
8 Imagine, cigarette maker Winston died at the age of 102.
9 The inventor of opium died at the age of 106 in an earthquake
10. And the Hennessey Liquor inventor died at 98.”
Eddie’s Conclusion:
“The rabbit is always jumping up and down but it lives for only 2 years and the turtle that doesn’t exercise at all lives 400 years.
So, take some rest, chill, stay cool, eat, drink and enjoy your life.”
Jocelyn’s Conclusion: 1) Relaxation and rest don’t get enough respect or attention. An occasional snort of bourbon with fried chicken never seemed to harm my now 95-year-old dad, who remains a big fan of ham and cheese omelettes and hashbrowns with extra gravy. 2) We should never trust the internet.
The “inventor” of opium lived thousands of years ago according to A History of Opium | History Today “Opium has been known and used for more than 7,000 years.” Exactly what earthquake killed that opium addict anyway? Richard Hennessey actually died at 76 — admittedly a ripe old age in the 1700s. And the big question of the day: who are the turtles who never move? Let’s be clear: I could write and publish an article on immobile turtles right now. Or I could invent facts about ADHD rabbits. I could easily invent sources. Maybe I could even FIND sources.
(I tried the search “can rabbits suffer from ADHD” and the first response was a possibly malicious website about CBD use in rabbits, followed by Do Rabbits Get Depressed? 7 Common Reasons Why | Hutch and Cage)
Moral of the story: If the post/email/tweet etc. says what you want to hear, it’s best to be especially careful. But falsehoods are not always entirely untrue, either. There’s simply no substitute for actual thinking, combined with an occasional Google search.
Zombie phrase for the day: ADHD dogs seem to be everywhere.
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