Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Normal Cryonics - Less Wrong

58 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 19 January 2010 07:08PM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 19 January 2010 08:12:12PM 15 points [-]

There's a final filter in rationality where you take your ideas seriously, and a critical sub-filter is where you're willing to take ideas seriously even though the people around you don't.

Going to a group where cryonics was normal was a shift of perspective even for me, and here I thought I had conformity beat. It was what caused me to realize - no, parents who don't sign their kids up for cryonics really are doing something inexcusable; the mistake is not inevitable, it's just them.

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Comment author: MichaelGR 19 January 2010 10:26:51PM 3 points [-]

their brains just go walla-walla-bonk crazy

Anything specific you can share?

I'm thinking about mentioning cryo to a few people, and am curious to know what kind of reaction to expect.

Comment author: akshatrathi 20 January 2010 12:14:31AM *  0 points [-]

I second Michael's question

Comment author: Kevin 20 January 2010 01:29:28PM 2 points [-]

I blame the education system.