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eli_sennesh comments on Cryonics: peace of mind vs. immortality - Less Wrong Discussion

3 Post author: oge 24 June 2015 07:10AM

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Comment author: satt 24 June 2015 11:51:43PM 7 points [-]

Once one's done all one reasonably can about a problem, one can stop worrying about it, even if the problem's still there. No point wringing one's hands about what one can't change.

Granted, I doubt most people's minds actually operate on that principle. Futilely dwelling on a problem seems to be quite common.

Comment author: [deleted] 26 June 2015 12:24:40AM 1 point [-]

Granted, I doubt most people's minds actually operate on that principle.

Mine does some of the time, and when it doesn't, I try to force it to do so.