DanArmak comments on Rationality Quotes November 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DanArmak 18 November 2012 05:11:02PM 0 points [-]

a person willing to follow this advice and kill themselves probably suffers from depression, so we should reduce their remaining years estimate by a probability of suicide

And if they don't actually commit suicide but still suffer from depression, or dislike living for any reason so much that they want to die, we should reduce their QALY in the equation.