Carawou@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agoTIL owning a dog was associated with a 24% lower risk of dying from ALL CAUSES over the course of 10 yearswww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1339arrow-down19
arrow-up1330arrow-down1external-linkTIL owning a dog was associated with a 24% lower risk of dying from ALL CAUSES over the course of 10 yearswww.nytimes.comCarawou@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square77fedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·22 days agoSo if I had 5 dogs, does that mean my risk of dying falls to -20%? 🤔
minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·22 days agoPresumably it’d be multiplicitive, not additive. Each one decreases your risk by a relative 24%. The first makes it 86%, the second makes it 74%, the third makes it 64%, etc. You get diminishing returns for each dog you add.
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·22 days agoHello, dog store? Can I please get one thousand of your fines dogs?
So if I had 5 dogs, does that mean my risk of dying falls to -20%? 🤔
Presumably it’d be multiplicitive, not additive. Each one decreases your risk by a relative 24%. The first makes it 86%, the second makes it 74%, the third makes it 64%, etc. You get diminishing returns for each dog you add.
Hello, dog store? Can I please get one thousand of your fines dogs?
You are a dog.