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RomeoStevens comments on Caring about what happens after you die - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: RomeoStevens 18 December 2012 03:36:58PM 0 points [-]

If the being making the offer has done sufficient legwork to convince me of the causal connection then I get a better warm fuzzy per dollar return than anything else going.

Comment author: Oligopsony 18 December 2012 03:40:32PM 2 points [-]

Mutatis mutandis the survival of sentient life, then.

Comment author: RomeoStevens 18 December 2012 03:46:58PM 1 point [-]

I am confused.

Comment author: Oligopsony 18 December 2012 04:19:52PM 2 points [-]

"Can you not get warm fuzzies from assurances as to what occurs after your death?"

Comment author: RomeoStevens 18 December 2012 05:23:49PM 0 points [-]

Ah, I see. Yes. Since other people care about what happens after I die, such assurances are useful for signalling that I am a useful ally.

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