Many years ago when my children were young we talked about believing half of what we saw and read. As adults, they think autonomously and have a healthy dose of skepticism. Here’s a random example of two different truths.

Many of you are familiar with a TV series and study: Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones – where author Dan Buettner travels around the world to discover five unique communities where people live extraordinarily long and vibrant lives.

Well the other day my son in law, a major skeptic like me, shared an article further research showing that: “In general, the claims about how long people are living mostly don’t stack up. I’ve tracked down 80% of the people aged over 110 in the world (the other 20% are from countries you can’t meaningfully analyse). Of those, almost none have a birth certificate. In the US there are over 500 of these people; seven have a birth certificate. Even worse, only about 10% have a death certificate.”

What’s your interpretation of the phenomena……………………….?