[soon2bepro]

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I could continue to live my life as I want to while everyone else is working to keep me alive forever. Freerider ftw.

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Oh right right, you meant the freerider argument. I agree with that. But I think it doesn't apply here.

First, your personal health isn't likely to be something others will do for you. At least not entirely. You have to eat your own food, work out, etc.

As for the progress of science, have in mind that since knowlede produces more knowledge exponentially, a little contribution may eventually become a large boost to scientific progress. If you encourage others to do the same then it could be a larger benefit.

Finally, there's something very important that you're not getting. The freerider argument applied to many situations is fine because you won't make enough of a difference to make your sacrifice worth it, but in this case, even an extremely small difference should be worth it, as your expected gain is likely to be infinite.