Hecht and Velleman think suicide degrades the value of human life but in college they always said decreasing supply tends to increase price
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@sarahdoingthing I think this value is more of a "pecking order" type value.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing Like, if I start setting cats on fire you wouldn't presume I valued cats would you?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sebinsua the "valuing" question is important and central to Velleman - and it has a weird relationship with time2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sebinsua people who value cats' welfare kill a lot of them, more than people who don't1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing Good twist. I couldn't directly comment on pecking order.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing Intuitively didn't work for me to imagine genocide as some way of increasing the value of a stigmatised group.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing I also thought suicide was low-status but that's my opinion. Some others have thoughts here: http://lesswrong.com/lw/gn2/is_suicide_highstatus/ …1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sebinsua almost certainly not just "status" but social loss, failed social belonging specifically1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@sebinsua it can be part of a story in which the actor becomes high-status, though mostly I think it's erasing the pain of failed belonging
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@sebinsua (a story in the actor's mind, I mean)0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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