That is just a silly quote/generalization.

As an example: Old age is a permanent, and worsening, problem. Why should one be forced to live to an old age where they are dependent on others, IF they don’t want to?

Many old people just stop eating

So, what harm is it to try a few talks with a therapist, try to fix the problem, and if it doesn't work, you can still kill yourself?

Even buying guns in some states has a 3 day cool-off period.

Perhaps it could work with a much more extended cool-off period. Over the course of a year, the person needs to affirm they want to go through with it on the last day of each month. If over the last 12 consecutive months they have said yes 12 times, then assist them, otherwise no.

Yep, with therapy in between... Of course, the inevitable painful death being an exception, that can be done a lot faster.

Anything is better than AI in a 3d printed box.

I’m personally biased towards hope. Meaning that I keep thinking that things will be better and that I will reach a point where things will be meaningful. I call this a bias because I can remember the past and how long I’ve been in this state of mind without it panning out—it’s a false hope more often than not.

If average people are anything like me then I would think that they are more likely to think that a permanent problem is a temporary one rather than the other way around.

Suicide causes permanent state change. Life and all of life’s problems are temporary state.

That’s such an absurd point of view. When the duration of the problems is comparable to your expected lifespan, it is permanent for all intent and purposes. Sure, an incurable illness is not permanent in that it has to end when the person die. That’s not a useful point to make.

> all of life’s problems are temporary state.

Not all. Incurable disease is just one example.

Can you agree that there's some threshold where the time required to endure the temporary state is untenable?

How can anyone except myself decide what that threshold is?

Until one dies anyway.