SilasBarta comments on Cryonics Questions - Less Wrong

9 Post author: James_Miller 26 August 2010 11:19PM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 27 August 2010 04:14:10AM 16 points [-]

(7) If you have a fatal disease that can only be cured by wearing a bracelet or necklace under your clothing, and anyone who receives an honest explanation of what the item is will think you're weird, do you wear the bracelet or necklace?

Answering yes to (7) means that you shouldn't refrain from cryonics for fear of being thought weird.

Comment author: SilasBarta 27 August 2010 03:41:53PM *  28 points [-]

Heh -- that actually doubles as an explanation to people who ask:

"I'm wearing this necklace because I have a fatal disease that can only be cured by wearing it, and even then it only has a small chance of working."

--Oh no! I'm so sorry! What's the disease?

"Mortality."