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Celebrity Deaths Got You Scared? Use These 'Death Calculators' To Figure How Much Living You've Got Left
NOTHING LIKE FOUR CELEBRITIES KICKING THE BUCKET IN A WEEK TO REMIND US ALL THAT OUR TIME IS FINITE.
Something about 'celebrity' makes us think title wearers are exempt from the regular rules of life. But when a former pinup girl dies of cancer, a prolific songster drops dead at 50, and the perpetual sidekick meets perpetuity all in the same week, well, you start looking over your shoulder for the grim reaper.
Of course we can't really know when our number will be up, but we humans are ingenious at trying. Thus, we have a host of "death calculators" from which to figure out the number of our remaining days.
There's the The Original Death Calculator Game which, according to the product description, "promotes successful aging by alerting you to lifestyle areas that require your attention… before it's too late."
We're not sure that learning your potential expiration date is enough to convince folks to stub out the ciggies, make it to the gym and skip the donuts because death is so conceptual until it's at your doorstep. But if the death of Wacko Jacko, once that sweet boy from The Jackson Five, caught you offguard and prompted a case of jitters, then this game might help motivate you to change your ways.
Don't want some game in your face all the time? Then just skip your fingers over to The Death Clock, which calculates your date of demise with only a few factors: your birthday, whether you smoke, your body mass index, and the country in which you live.
For those who believe that death can't be predicted with just a few variables, there's the more complex and time-consuming Life Expectancy Calculator devised by academics affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania. Oh, those Ivy Leaguers, they think they know the answer to everything!
Actually, though, this calculator is quite impressive, using 42 variables to calculate your time to flatline.
Then there is futurist
Peter Russell's Virtual Age clock, which has an easy user interface. Just fill in the prompts, click, and -- viola! -- you'll be delivered your end date.
You'll find two more virtual crystal balls here and here.
There are dozens of these tools for the morbid online. Just plug in "death predictor" or "life calculator" or "death calculator" into your favorite search engine and learn the date of your demise!
And one final message: Happy travels!
Comments
Very interesting site. Hope it will always be alive!,
Posted by: Arohaba | October 10, 2009 08:09 PM