army1987 comments on Don't Build Fallout Shelters - Less Wrong

26 Post author: katydee 07 January 2013 02:38PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 08 January 2013 10:01:42AM 2 points [-]

 And in such worlds I also stand to have more numerous descendants, if not higher quality of life. 

Are you serious? Most worlds I can imagine in which huge numbers of people are killed but those in fallout shelters survive would have hellish quality of life for the survivors.

Comment author: paulfchristiano 08 January 2013 06:14:17PM 4 points [-]

I meant literally "though quality of life is not higher," forgetting that "if not" typically means "and possibly."