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a thought experiment

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Ben Dreyfuss
Jan 20, 2024
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It’s Christmas and your wife is dead. She didn’t just die. She’s been dead for some time. But it’s still raw. You met when you were young. You fell for each other quickly, completely, and irrevocably. You both knew that you were meant to share your lives together. And so you did. And you didn’t doubt it, either of you, e…

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