orthonormal comments on Against Cryonics & For Cost-Effective Charity - Less Wrong
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If you don't have any interest in philanthropy then my post was not intended for you, and I think that it's unfortunate that my post increased LessWrong's noise-to-signal ratio for you.
If you have some interest in philanthropy, then I would be interested in knowing what you're talking about when you say:
Given that your argument only rules out cryonics for genuine utilitarians or altruists, it's quite possible to have some concern for philanthropy and yet enough concern for yourself to make cryonics the rational choice. You're playing up a false dilemma.