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Mark_Friedenbach comments on Open thread, 30 June 2014- 6 July 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: [deleted] 02 July 2014 12:42:22AM 2 points [-]

Chaosmage just did!

Comment author: DanielLC 02 July 2014 03:31:33AM 0 points [-]

My point is that I don't think a five-year-old would understand either explanation.

Comment author: Gavin 02 July 2014 04:59:47PM 1 point [-]

If the five year old can't understand, then I think "Yes" is a completely decent answer to this question.

If I were in this situation, I would write letters to the child to be delivered/opened as they grew older. This way I would still continue to have an active effect on their life. We "exist" to other people when we have measurable effects on them, so this would be a way to continue to love them in a unidirectional way.