Jiro comments on Why people want to die - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jiro 31 August 2015 09:55:56AM 3 points [-]

Yes, I expect that. If that was not so, it would never be possible to have different yes/no answers to any continuous thing. You can walk X distance, you can walk an inch more, when is it too far to walk?

See http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/sorites-paradox/