Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

The doctors apparently thought this was a dumb, annoying question. All they meant was that in their experience, people in this situation died quickly 7 times out of 10. They had no further interest. In was practical guidance about getting your stuff wrapped up. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 9, 2020 Hibernated

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He wanted to know: Is there some piece of info that the doctors lacked, where if they had it they could tell him definitively? (Epistemic uncertainty) Or was it the case that his condition was a 70/30 crapshoot of survival depending on cosmic rays or something? (Metaphysical) — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 9, 2020 Hibernated

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(He made it a *bit* longer than the doctors thought probable and was able to wrap up the semester before passing away) — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 9, 2020 Hibernated