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prase comments on Life Extension versus Replacement - Less Wrong Discussion

13 Post author: Julia_Galef 30 November 2011 01:47AM

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Comment author: prase 30 November 2011 11:04:43AM *  5 points [-]

In the replicating scenario, people die twice as much. Since expectations of near death are unpleasant and death itself is unpleasant for the relatives and friends, doubling the number of deaths induces additional disutility, ceteris paribus.