dclayh comments on Against Cryonics & For Cost-Effective Charity - Less Wrong

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Comment author: dclayh 11 August 2010 06:24:06AM 2 points [-]

Even less than signing up for cryonics do most people want to murder their children. Do expect that telling them "Instead of murdering your children, send aid to Africa (or SIAI)" will increase the amount they send to Africa/SIAI?

Comment author: Unknowns 11 August 2010 07:31:54AM 3 points [-]

That isn't relevant because murdering your children doesn't cost money.

Comment author: dclayh 11 August 2010 07:35:08AM 2 points [-]

I think it does, since you'll probably want to buy weapons, hire an assassin, hire a lawyer, etc. But you can change the example to "Send money to al-Qaeda" if you prefer.

Comment author: Spurlock 11 August 2010 03:09:41PM 3 points [-]

I'm willing to bet that the number of LW readers seriously considering cryonics greatly outweighs the number seriously considering murdering their kids OR funding al-Qaeda. For the general population this might not be so, but as a LW wrong post it seems more than reasonable to contrast with cryonics rather than terrorism.