buybuydandavis comments on Why people want to die - Less Wrong

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Comment author: buybuydandavis 25 August 2015 07:43:16AM 2 points [-]

My point is that a lot people really, genuinely don't want to live more than 80 years.

Maybe.

Hypothetical choices and actual choices don't elicit identical responses, as the responses have very different payouts.