lessdazed comments on On the unpopularity of cryonics: life sucks, but at least then you die - Less Wrong

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Comment author: lessdazed 26 August 2011 07:58:29AM 0 points [-]

It seems to me that "living forever" is a fairly inaccurate term to use, and the emotional impact from part of the reader's brain taking it literally would make many readers very sympathetic to your argument, more so than if you used an accurate term.