Jack comments on A survey of anti-cryonics writing - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jack 08 February 2010 08:49:10PM 5 points [-]

This is very definitely a confusion over what evolution values versus what organisms value. Suppose you were faced with a choice: get sterilized now, or get shot in ten years. Evolution would favor B but the vast majority of people themselves would favor A.

Interestingly though, if the choice is: get shot now or one of your children gets shot now most people would choose the former.