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MartinB comments on List of underrated risks? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: MartinB 01 June 2012 08:09:13AM 0 points [-]

As written by CronoDAS. If most people get a debilitating disease by age X it would be widely accepted as unavoidable. Used to be the case with losing teeth in old age, still is with dementia and aging. Basically a comparison of the own experience to the common experience of your peers.