How do doctors determine the amount of time a terminally ill patient has left?
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Imagine taking 100 ice cubes and measuring how long it took for each one to melt on an average day in an average setting. Some would melt a little faster than others and some would melt a little slower. There might an odd ball-out that took a really long time to melt for some reason, maybe the temperature was cold that day.
Average all of these together and apply them to an ice cube you haven’t seen melt yet and you would have a good guess. You can further refine it based on it’s size, how cold it is in the room based on previous observations, etc.
It’s all a best guess of averages based on those before you.
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