gwern comments on Transparency in Insurance (Edit: Solution found) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: shminux 06 July 2012 07:33:46PM 1 point [-]

Why would a person without dependents even consider life insurance, except for cryonics?

Comment author: gwern 06 July 2012 07:48:31PM 1 point [-]

Perhaps they believe current low interest rates are permanent and life insurance companies are systematically offering too high implicit rates of return? Off the top of my head.