jimrandomh comments on Living Forever is Hard, or, The Gompertz Curve - Less Wrong

46 Post author: gwern 17 May 2011 09:08PM

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Comment author: jimrandomh 18 May 2011 02:38:31PM 12 points [-]

If it has no physiological effect except aging me at my subjective time (i.e. 16 years pass on the calendar, but I've been awake as much as most people are in 22 years, and my body is 22 years older rather than 16) then it doesn't matter whether I'm on it or not.

Incorrect, because you've only gotten the benefit of 16 years of medical advancement, rather than 22 years of medical advancement. This alone may overwhelm all other differences.

Comment author: gwern 05 July 2011 04:20:55PM 2 points [-]

And then there are other time-dependent things, like compounding interest/returns.