Probability theory

were born just eight years apart, which made them almost exact contemporaries. And they both died young—at forty and forty-five. Together, they barely managed to live the life of a single old man, and neither one left behind any children. In all probability, Thoreau went to his grave a virgin. Poe 16 PAUL AUS TER married his teenage cousin, but whether that marriage was consummated before Virginia Clemm's death is still open to question. Call them parallels, call them coincidences, but these

humans are good enough? There would be no reason to think that the man being rejected would be in any way a lesser human being. There are so many other important things that can’t be seen from the outside, like our minds and our personalities. d. In theory, eugenics aims to “improve” humanity – but who’s to judge which human traits are better? Screening for serious and debilitating diseases is one thing, but choosing body types, hair colour and height is superficial. The cartoon pushes the concept to

was at this sort of crossroads – but it made me apply myself more, because I realized more than anything else what a thin thread we hang on in life, and I really wanted to make something out of my life. ➼ Part 2 And I was in an accident that, in theory, no one could survive. So it was like, “Well I’m here, and every day now is an extra day. I’ve been given an extra day so I’ve got to make the most of it.” And then the next day I began with two extra days. And I’ve sort of – you can’t help in that