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23 Post author: Dias 04 January 2015 11:48PM

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Comment author: Unknowns 05 January 2015 02:15:27AM 0 points [-]

How would it dominate? What would you do if it were true?

Comment author: skeptical_lurker 05 January 2015 09:44:10AM *  1 point [-]

It would dominate (if you buy into the EA maximise QALY assumptions) because the QALY lost would massively outweigh those lost to everything else.

If it were true, then I suppose one could freeze sperm so that a future space faring civilisation with room for a larger population can use them. But I'm not suggesting anyone actually bites this bullet.