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Alsadius comments on Open thread, September 2-8, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion
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Death isn't just a negative for the dead person - it also causes paperwork and expenses, destruction of relationships, and grief among the living.
This is true, but in my experience usually used to massage models that don't consider death a disutility into giving the right answers. I can't think of ever hearing this argument used for any other reason, in fact, in meatspace.
(Replying to this comment out of context on the Recent Comments.)
The context is someone asking whether it's better to stop existing people from dying or just make new people.
Hmm. I guess I'm going to cautiously say "called it!"