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gwern comments on Interesting new Pew Research study on American opinions about radical life extension - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: gwern 09 August 2013 08:07:03PM *  5 points [-]

Yes, this is a common suggestion; the first one is called the 'Tithonus fallacy' or error by proponents of the second (see for example the fightaging.org links I posted).