orthonormal comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 3 - Less Wrong
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Perhaps they're just not conscious of mortality?
Wouldn't that be convenient? What's special about mortality making it a plausible gap in the mind?
You know what? A WIZARD DID IT.
Giant cheesecake fallacy!
It actually makes quite a bit of sense to be unaware / indifferent to death for a family of species that do not take care of their offspring (with a few exceptions, eg. pythons, which might also never appear as Patroni).
Personal survival is a basic drive in any case, and being aware of something doesn't require caring about it, only the potential for instrumental worth.