Mycroft65536 comments on Burning Man Meetup: Bayes Camp - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Mycroft65536 26 August 2010 06:34:26PM 1 point [-]

But could Heinlein "die gallantly"? I think most people tend to leave that one off of their to do lists. I mean if the opportunity arrises, you walk past a burning orphanage for example, why not? But very few people set out to do this one.

Comment author: randallsquared 30 August 2010 09:38:40PM 2 points [-]

Being able to die gallantly doesn't imply that you should or will die gallantly, only that, should the necessity arise...

Unfortunately, Heinlein reportedly refused cryonics (offered without cost to him, if I recall correctly) because he believed it might interfere with reincarnation. From reading the just-out first volume of his biography, it seems quite likely that he was serious.