MartinB comments on Building Weirdtopia - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MartinB 16 December 2010 05:37:47PM 6 points [-]

You can construct similar arguments for other topics:

everyone should go to war once, to experience fights, and learn why peace is so valuable
everyone should get severely hurt once, to learn to value his body

And from recent experiences: everyone should get a root canal once to learn to take care of his teeth.

Heartbreaks are not necessary in my book.

Comment author: RomanDavis 17 December 2010 12:46:57PM * 3 points [-]

I do think I have a richer human experience because of the fights I've been in, and the heartbreak I've felt.

I'm not sure, if it for ''everyone.'' I tend to assume the future should be a place of less coercion, not more.

But I could see the value in a human race that partook of severe injury as an occasional vice in the same way as say, spicy food.

Comment author: Strange7 18 April 2011 12:45:53PM 3 points [-]

severe injury as an occasional vice

I count this possibility as a major point in favor of Sufficiently Advanced medical technology.

Comment author: xxd 15 December 2011 12:00:17AM 1 point [-]

Yup.

Comment author: xxd 14 December 2011 11:59:07PM 2 points [-]

But on the other hand, those who want those experiences should not be banned from having them.