MichaelGR comments on Normal Cryonics - Less Wrong

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

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Comment author: Dustin 19 January 2010 07:59:22PM 17 points [-]

Well, crap. That's something I hadn't even thought of yet.

I'm currently struggling with actually signing up for cryonics myself so this angle hadn't even crossed my mind.

I'll face very strong opposition from my wife, family, and friends when I finally do sign up. I can't imagine what kind of opposition I'll face when I attempt to sign my 3-month old daughter up.

I've been planning a top-level post about the rational thing to do when you're in my position. What position you ask? You'll find out in my post. Suffice it to say for now that I don't think I'm a typical member of the LW community.

Comment author: MichaelGR 19 January 2010 10:03:01PM *  10 points [-]

I, for one, look forward to reading your post.

If Eliezer's post has motivated you, I encourage you to write it soon before that motivation fades.

Comment author: Dustin 20 January 2010 12:31:54AM 11 points [-]

Point taken. Writing commenced.

Comment author: Dustin 02 February 2010 08:56:28PM 3 points [-]

I'm still working on this post, but writing it has become more difficult than I anticipated.

Much of what I want to say is things that I would like to remain private for now.

When I say "private", I mean I don't mind them being connected with my LW user account, but I'd rather they weren't connected with my real life and since they're unique sort of things, and my real name is also my LW user name, I'm having difficulty with anonymizing the content of the post.