No wonder you remember it... it was a very expensive course in statistics for you.
Yes, well there were some really smart biostatistics guys there who were very generous with their time. Ocyan, io, hirogen, clarkster (iwfal). I'm sure I'm forgetting some.
But I do remember a relevant comment from an old curmudgeon named Brer' that turned out to be precient. He said: "longer is better " is generally true but not universally so. Not recognizing the difference has ruined many a biotech investment.
And of course that is relevant here to the "everyone is living longer" mantra.
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