NancyLebovitz comments on Nonmindkilling open questions - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Daniel_Starr 24 March 2012 11:55:18AM * 6 points [-]

People care about their health, and there's a lot we don't know about even very popular, non-technical habits.

Does a daily aspirin help prevent cancer?

Is running better for your health than other exercise?

[Will you live longer if you switch from a typical American diet to a vegan diet?][oops. Okay, mindkillers are everywhere.]

(For specific probabilities, add parameters, e.g., 'live 3 months longer.' Or ask what parameter value the 50% probability should be at.)

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 24 March 2012 12:03:07PM 5 points [-]

Vegetarianism/veganism vs. meat-eating is a mind-killing subject.

Comment author: faul_sname 25 March 2012 10:01:17PM 3 points [-]

I think that if you changed "vegetarian" to "less meat", it would no longer be mindkilling.

Comment author: Daniel_Starr 24 March 2012 12:05:26PM 0 points [-]

Ah. Point.

Comment author: Hansenista 24 March 2012 09:36:38PM 0 points [-]

It's still a good idea, though. If you changed it to, say, paleo vs. Okinawan diets, I think it would work fine.

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