BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Indian Oil Corporation, Chlorophyll, Phocomelia
10 Mar 2016
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Science: collect facts, draw conclusions based on those facts & test your conclusions in several ways. Magic, supersiion: draw conclusions u want; find some facts to it conclusion; avoid tesing conclusi. Life expectancy for most of recorded history & stone age = 30-35 years. Life expectancy in canada 2009: 82 yo (most improvements over last 150 years) Canada: 1 of highest standards of living in world; 81. 2 yo w/ longer life span & improved quality of life. World life span lower than canada but almost double that throughout human history: 66. 6 yo. In some countries in the world, life span is actually lower than life expectancy in the stone age. 1900s: canada"s life expectancy = 44 yrs; Main causes of death by pneumonia, tuberculosis, inluenza. Main causes of death in 2004 (82 yo): heart disease, cancer, stroke. Canada cause of death shited from infecious disease to wear & tear (old age)
