Tenoke comments on Charitable Cryonics - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Tenoke 28 January 2013 10:31:54PM 2 points [-]

Since they are getting contributions, gifts, and grants, I don't see that as a shortfall

I'm sorry but how does this not agree fully with the claim that:

Alcor runs at an annual loss of hundreds of thousands, made up by donations and other such charitable generosity

Are you not agreeing that except for the 'contributions, gifts, and grants' which is mostly synonymous with 'donations and other such charitable generosity' Alcor is operated at an annual loss?

Comment author: MichaelAnissimov 29 January 2013 08:26:17AM 0 points [-]

I am agreeing with that claim. Maybe what I'm really disagreeing with is the implication that the shortfall is some kind of issue?

Comment author: Tenoke 29 January 2013 10:33:25AM 1 point [-]

I am agreeing with that claim.

Certainly didn't seem that way when you said:

Gwern -- Alcor is not "run at an annual loss of hundreds of thousands". I can't imagine where you heard this.

It seems to me like you were clearly implying that at least part of his claim was not true when the claim was stated quite clearly.

Otherwise your judgement whether the shortfall is an issue was conveyed clearly and I haven't said anything about that. I don't disagree with you on that and to be fair I haven't really noticed why you think that gwern is implying that it is an issue. Seems to me like he is explaining to someone who thinks that cryonics should be 'charitable' that Alcor is in fact a charity.