whpearson comments on Costs to (potentially) eternal life - Less Wrong

8 Post author: bgrah449 21 January 2010 09:46PM

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Comment author: whpearson 22 January 2010 10:47:19PM 0 points [-]

There is a difference between conscious thought and gut feeling. I'm quite happy to rely on my gut feeling for danger(as I get it for free), but do not want to promote it to conscious worrying in my every day life.

Comment author: scotherns 25 January 2010 11:03:14AM 0 points [-]

I'm kind of the opposite. My 'gut' feelings tend to rate most things as being dangerous, and I rely on my awareness of actual risk to be able to do pretty much anything.

I don't think I obsess over risk either - but that's maybe because I have been doing this all my life :-). I also don't think my life has not been worth worth living - quite the opposite, or I wouldn't have signed up for Cryonics!

Comment author: bgrah449 22 January 2010 10:54:21PM 0 points [-]

Your gut feeling is informed by what you consciously choose to read.