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Viliam comments on Adversity to Success - Less Wrong Discussion

-2 Post author: Elo 15 June 2016 10:24PM

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Comment author: Viliam 17 June 2016 07:22:01AM 0 points [-]

It could also be something in between, such as: You survived, but you suffered some irrepairable damage.

Comment author: Lumifer 17 June 2016 02:19:27PM 1 point [-]

By "broken" I don't mean "broken into tiny little pieces suitable only for sweeping into the rubbish bin". I mean something close to your "irreparable damage".