marginalium noun

the notes one makes in the margins.

A short note on

everything is better than death

January 21, 2023

source: www.lesswrong.com

by Dorian Minors

I did brain science at Cambridge. Now I'm a behaviour science professor. Read my shit.

Everything is better than death? I’m left highly unconvinced by this. Here is an extract:

There is a popular idea that some very large amount of suffering is worse than death. I don’t subscribe to it

I predict that most (all?) ethical theories that assume that some amount of suffering is worse than death - have internal inconsistencies. 

My prediction is based on the following assumption:

  • permanent death is the only brain state that can’t be reversed, given sufficient tech and time

  • The non-reversibility is the key. 

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