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DanielLC comments on Open Thread March 31 - April 7 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: pcm 05 April 2014 02:40:32PM 1 point [-]

By denying that having barely enough resources to live implies that life need be barely worth living. See Poor Folks do Smile for details.

Comment author: DanielLC 08 April 2014 06:06:50PM 0 points [-]

How is that a response to it? That's just a reason why the choice might never come up.