NancyLebovitz comments on Human values differ as much as values can differ - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 04 May 2010 04:21:27PM *  5 points [-]

It's interesting to look at what traits people assume they'd carry into the past. I suspect that gender is one of them. I don't have a strong feeling for what proportion would like to be a queen in the ancient world.

In discussions I've seen about going back, a fair number say they'd be dead because of the lack of modern medicine.

Comment author: RobinZ 04 May 2010 07:00:57PM 1 point [-]

About half on the most recent such discussion I recall reading.