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

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Comment author: varsel 10 August 2013 08:35:24PM 3 points [-]

I don't think that necessarily reveals people's preferences; that would imply that they choose that outcome. I think in most cases people are ignorant of what is going to happen, or know only in an abstract sense. Those who actually know what they're in for, tend not to die that way..