gwern comments on Open Thread, August 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: AlexM 02 August 2010 10:23:00AM 5 points [-]

Who regards cryonics as evil like child molestation? General public sees cryonics as fraud - somethink like buying real estate on the moon or waiting for mothership, and someone paying for it as gullible fool.

For example, look at discussions when Britney Spears http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2520762/posts

wanted to be frozen. Lots of derision, no hatred.

Comment author: gwern 02 August 2010 11:16:36AM 0 points [-]

Does the fact that my specific example may not be perfect refute my point that mere indirection & chance does not eliminate all criticism and this can be understood by merely introspecting one's intuitions?