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shokwave comments on Greg Linster on the beauty of death - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: shokwave 20 October 2011 07:37:51AM 7 points [-]

Better to be immortal with the option of suicide, than to be literally incapable of dying.

Sure, but Linster asked what is more deadly, not what is better. Being immortal with the option of suicide is clearly more deadly than being literally incapable of dying.

Comment author: pedanterrific 21 October 2011 01:09:56AM 4 points [-]

You're thinking about this the wrong way. If you took away a Terminator's ability to die, would it become less deadly? I argue that it would, in fact, become more deadly.

Comment author: Logos01 20 October 2011 08:25:14AM 4 points [-]

Sure, but Linster asked what is more deadly, not what is better. Being immortal with the option of suicide is clearly more deadly than being literally incapable of dying.

Uncontested. I wasn't writing a rebuttal to his words, but rather elaborating on the thoughts that came to my mind upon reading his words. An extension of the dialogue rather than an argument.

Comment author: shokwave 21 October 2011 04:47:07AM 5 points [-]

Fair enough. My preference ordering is immortal + suicide > literally incapable of dying > mortal.

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