JoshuaZ comments on Abnormal Cryonics - Less Wrong

56 Post author: Will_Newsome 26 May 2010 07:43AM

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 27 May 2010 02:17:47PM 0 points [-]

none of those hold for p = 1 in a million.

That really depends a lot on the expected utility. Moreover, argument 2 above (getting people to think about long-term prospects) has little connection to the value of p.

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 27 May 2010 03:09:04PM 0 points [-]

Even a small chance that you will be there helps put people in the mind-set to think long-term.