lsparrish comments on SENS and Givewell: Conversation between Holden Karnofsky and Aubrey de Grey - Less Wrong
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Indeed. I doubt I would seek to extend my life under indefinitely poor conditions. I placed some limites on my illustration, e.g. elderly (not e.g. suffering intense and unremitting pain) and for a hundred years (not e.g. a thousand) for this reason.
It's not a difficult concept, so I don't know why you would think that about such people.
Archimedes once said that, given a long enough lever and a fulcrum to rest it on, he could move the world with his body... I suppose you think that's "sci-fi" as well? Lighten up! Thought experiments don't always have to be realistic to prove a point.