@KevinSimler he cracks me up - he literally can't conceive of people not being glad to be alive, like William James' description of Whitman
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@KevinSimler totally! I wrote about the function of this belief here http://theviewfromhell.blogspot.com/2012/04/why-we-believe-suicide-is-easy.html …
@sarahdoingthing still I think that on average people are happy to have been born. do you have arguments to the contrary?
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@KevinSimler there's a distinction between "preferentist" and "non-preferentist" accounts - preferentism is the idea that "glad to be alive" -
@KevinSimler is what determines the actual quality of life. non-preferentism is the idea that it isn't conclusive (e.g. poss. to be deluded) - 2 more replies
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@sarahdoingthing nm, that's clearly what the book is for :). would be happy for a blog link tho, if you have one -
@KevinSimler these are a couple taking preferentism seriously http://theviewfromhell.blogspot.com/2011/06/mathematics-of-misery-what-human.html … / http://theviewfromhell.blogspot.com/2011/11/blind-to-downside.html … second one is more fun ;) - 3 more replies
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