Vladimir_Nesov comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 3 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 29 September 2010 05:46:57AM 5 points [-]

No, still more crazy. The value of continued healthy survival is greater than the value of 5% chance at distant future revival.

Comment author: Pavitra 30 September 2010 08:50:47PM 1 point [-]

Good point. It's still an appealing enough metaphor, though, that I wouldn't be entirely surprised if EY made a thing out of it. (I personally would favor portraits over Elixir to represent cryonics, though.)