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Jiro comments on Open thread 7th september - 13th september - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Jiro 11 September 2015 04:02:59PM 2 points [-]

This depends on what "huge" means. If you're not likely to live five years, your chance of death in a few months isn't huge in comparison to 100% or 50%, but it's still huge in comparison to the average person's chance of death.

Comment author: gjm 11 September 2015 07:34:05PM -1 points [-]

Sure. I wasn't the one who characterized my scenario by saying "a few months here or there won't make much of a difference". Nor does anything in that scenario require that to be true.