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Bolder claim.
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Something can be bad for you only if you exist
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at the same time as that thing.
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All right. These are two different ways of understanding
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what the existence requirement requires.
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The modest version is called modest because it's asking less.
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It says something can be bad for you only if you exist
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at some time or the other.
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The bold existence requirement adds a stronger requirement.
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It says something can be bad for you only if you exist at the very same time as
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the thing that's supposed to be bad for you.
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There's got to be a kind of simultaneity.