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The "correct" number of people older than you never increases.

The problem becomes what is the correct number? I would argue it can never be known as the null hypothesis is unfalsifiable with current methods.

Census data would be the source for this data and needs to be corrected all of the time.

How could there be an incorrect number of people that are older than yourself?

True, It's unlikely I could find that exact number. But that number will never increase.

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The census data is not the actual number of people. Even if it were 100% correct, which it isn't, it is only a snapshot of time.

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> How could there be an incorrect number of people that are older than yourself?

the incorrect number of people older than you is -7.4

But the amount of times this is reposted continually goes up.
Read the rules please, if just the first one :(

... damnit

Regardless of if we can quantify it, the number can’t increase

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Globally thats hard to argue with. Thats impossible to measure accurately tough. Locally that might not be the case. In my country the number of people older then me is still rising slowly. Refugees so yeah

I think because people can’t be born older than you after your birth date it’s actually true. No matter where you live, or people migrating to your country.. those people will have always existed and are older.

Thats what I meant with globaly/worldwide thats correct.

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What method would you use to calculate the number of people older than you?

You're missing the point. There is no need to calculate that. Reality is what reality is. I think maybe you're not understanding the thought.

There's a really small time dilation because of gravity that under the right conditions can prove this wrong.

Time moves ever so slightly differently in orbit than it does on Earth’s surface.

It is possible for an astronaut to change positions with someone else.

What if I was born when somebody went under then seconds later they were brought back to life by CPR? Loophole baby

I think you are.

You have to know the number to verify, you can't go through life assuming based on Fuzzy-Wuzzy non-practical applications.

The number represents a data point and that data point cannot be verified to be 100% accurate.

If the number is not 100% accurate then a reconciliation could cause the number to increase, thus proving your claim incorrect.

I think you are having a hard time grasping the fact that when applied, your observation falls short. It's okay to be wrong, you just need to revise.

No, you do not need an absolute number. You do not need to know how many people are alive at any given moment to know that "The number of people older than you never increases". There are always fewer unless some are born older than you.

But I'll tell you what does increase... the idiots who keep posting the same things on here over and over again 🤦‍♂️

Yes. Yes you do.

Yes you need to know or you can't prove it.

Please provide evidence for your claim?

Think man... think. Surely you're just yanking my chain now... nobody can be that dense.

I beleive I'm the only one thinking on this, you are just lazily accepting the unpractical notion.

People are of many different densities.

OK, I admit it. I have been successfully trolled. You can go back under your bridge now.

Globally is what the showerthought is about. It doesn't specify any geographic area. And given that, it is not simply hard to argue with... it is impossible to argue with unless somehow people are being born that are already older than you at their birth.