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RowanE comments on Open thread, Jan. 12 - Jan. 18, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: RowanE 13 January 2015 09:43:36AM -1 points [-]

Well, yes, that's why I didn't compare it to other interventions I could make and say they're much better investments, because the obvious response would be to do both, and why I described the amount of life extension funding in terms that still make sense with reaching the immortality deadline in mind. Increasing the chance you live forever with personal donations to the relevant research groups has a very low expected value per amount of money spent.