Unknowns comments on The Threat of Cryonics - Less Wrong

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Comment author: steven0461 04 August 2010 10:35:26PM * 8 points [-]

I only care about people who already exist

I'm curious why people say things like:

"value is subjective and I happen to care only about people who already exist"
"value is subjective and I happen to care only about people who live in the same country as me"
"value is subjective and I happen to care only about my friends and family"

but not:

"value is subjective and I happen to care only about whoever is currently in my field of vision".

Comment author: Unknowns 05 August 2010 01:23:44AM 3 points [-]

If value is subjective, there's nothing particularly odd about saying the first things but not the second. That's just their subjective preference.