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if you're not working on eradicating death, accepting it is still a good idea though

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There is a difference between stoicism and complacency, though. Either way, acceptance doesn't lead to funding.

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that's why I added the "if" - complacent would be to accept it unconditionally

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but if your path in life doesn't involve working towards life extension, why not self-modify for less pain

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BTW, note structural similarities of this discussion to ones around accommodating vs. fighting injustice.

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and similarly to fighting injustice, one tends to run into diminishing returns with more self-policing

6:30 PM · Feb 19, 2017Twitter Web Client

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Note that under discussion was idea of *adopting* comforting beliefs rather than making an effort to drop them.

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Anyway, in such "the first taste is free" scenarios, the returns on self-policing don't really diminish much.