NYT op-ed argues "Life is short, that's the point". Thoughts?https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/18/opinion/life-is-short-thats-the-point.html …
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Replying to @LauraDeming
I always wonder when reading arguments like this what the author would write if they’d been born into a world in which there was no natural death, but there were a group of people pushing for “life as but a blip.”
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Replying to @andy_matuschak @LauraDeming
It’s an argument from stasis, which to me is not a strong argument for mortality. Disease has been a universal part of human existence too; should we keep that around? If I wanted to steelman I would probably point to our reliance on mortality for social evolution or similar.
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