Curious: what are the best args against increased human healthspan which pass the status quo bias test?
(I've heard lots of reasonable-seeming args against increased longevity, but none survived "imagine the avg lifespan is 200 yrs; would you propose halving it with this arg?")
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A huge chunk of the life extension stuff we’ve got going in seems a lot closer to prolonging death and even if we figured out how to make death take 100 years I’d be against it
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Basically current life extension doesn’t provide for extra years of quality living, just extra years of rotting above ground instead of below
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At least near the very end
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Right, this is why I said "healthspan."
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Sorry, use of “lifespan” in the bias test threw me off
I can’t imagine anyone who’s seriously opposed to “imagine you could be in your 20s for 20 years instead of 10 health wise”
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