Sniffnoy comments on The Threat of Cryonics - Less Wrong

36 Post author: lsparrish 03 August 2010 07:57PM

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Comment author: LucasSloan 04 August 2010 11:28:19PM *  5 points [-]

I think this doesn't explain nearly as much as you think it does. There are only a couple hundred people on the planet actually signed up for cryonics. There are plenty of "sciency" scams which have attracted more people and more money (per person). Why doesn't cryonics attract those sorts of fools?

Comment author: Sniffnoy 05 August 2010 03:23:31AM 2 points [-]

Perhaps because it isn't built to? Indeed, "sciency" scams often rely on a lot of woo, whereas cryonics appears to require getting past the "soul" idea...