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97 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 14 March 2010 11:23PM

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Comment author: dclayh 15 March 2010 01:57:48AM 7 points [-]

Huh, I had completely forgotten that P&T did an anti-cryonics bit. Disappointing. On the other hand, their basic point ("Why not spend that $125,000 on hookers?") reminded me of Reedspacer's Lower Bound.

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Comment author: dclayh 15 March 2010 02:49:19AM 3 points [-]

First, it's only 30,000 for neuro.

I was just quoting P&T's number. That show aired in 2004 so I assumed the price would be lower today (not to mention the neuro discount).

Second, your utility in hookers is sublinear.

Of course, that's why it's a lower bound :)

Comment author: gwern 02 December 2011 01:45:32AM 1 point [-]

That show aired in 2004 so I assumed the price would be lower today

Why would you think that?

Comment author: khafra 15 March 2010 02:24:13PM 2 points [-]

$80K USD for Alcor neuro, $9K for some Russian organization, and $50K for Trans Time, which has a rather shoddy website. Other organizations only seem to offer full-body cryopreservation. What institution charges 30,000?

Comment author: Morendil 15 March 2010 02:28:50PM *  4 points [-]

Cryonics Institute. (Edit: they don't offer neuro, but I'm guessing they're the source of the $30K figure.)

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