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SL4: Yehuda Yudkowsky, 1985-2004

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He died November 1st. His body was found without identification. The family found out on November 4th. I spent a week and a half with my family in Chicago, and am now back in Atlanta. I've been putting off telling my friends, because it's such a hard thing to say. I used to say: "I have four living grandparents and I intend to have four living grandparents when the last star in the Milky Way burns out." I still have four living grandparents, but I don't think I'll be saying that any more. Even if we make it to and through the Singularity, it will be too late. One of the people I love won't be there. The universe has a surprising ability to stab you through the heart from somewhere you weren't looking. Of all the people I had to protect, I never thought that Yehuda might be one of them. Yehuda was born July 11, 1985. He lived 7053 days.   He was nineteen years old when he died. The Jewish religion prescribes a number of rituals and condolences for the occasion of a death. The rituals ar

From: Eliezer Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com) Date: Thu Nov 18 2004 - 19:36:42 MST Next message: Psy Kosh: "Re: Yehuda Yudkowsky, 1985-2004" Previous message: Keith Henson: "Genes and functional MRI" Next in thread: Psy Kosh: "Re: Yehuda Yudkowsky, 1985-2004" Reply: Psy Kosh: "Re: Yehuda Yudkowsky, 1985-2004" Reply: Gaurav Gupta: "Respected Eliezer - I offer my deepest condolences - your letter made me cry - please read" Reply: David Massoglia: "RE: Yehuda Yudkowsky, 1985-2004" Reply: Thomas Buckner: "Re: Yehuda Yudkowsky, 1985-2004" Reply: gabriel C: "RE: Yehuda Yudkowsky,…

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