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Comment author: DanArmak 13 February 2015 02:52:17PM 0 points [-]

I think that is in large part due to signalling and social mores. Once people actually do get the ability to wirehead, in a way that does not kill or debilitate them soon afterwards, I expect that very many many people will choose to wirehead. This is similar to e.g. people professing they don't want to live forever.