soreff comments on Open Thread, August 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: soreff 10 August 2010 12:51:20AM 1 point [-]

Then , you point out that as you're not going to die, you don't need life insurance, and say goodbye.

If the salesman is omega in disguise, is this two-boxing? :-)

Comment author: Larks 10 August 2010 11:12:12AM 1 point [-]

Well, kind of. Unlike in Newcombe's, we have no evidence that it's the decision that cases the long-life, as opposed to some other factor correlated with both (which seems much more likely).