Michael_G.R. comments on The Pascal's Wager Fallacy Fallacy - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Michael_G.R. 19 March 2009 02:36:09PM 1 point [-]

"Most Americans of the time were unabashedly racist, had little concept of electricity and none of computing, had vaguely heard of automobiles, etc."

So if you woke up in a strange world with technologies you don't understand (at first) and mainstream values you disagree with (at first), you would rather commit suicide than try to learn about this new world and see if you can have a pleasant life in it?