It looks like he's just another smart guy who's no wiser outside the laboratory, which is very disappointing, as I greatly admire him as a scientist and advocate of science education. Bah. He's still on our side, or at least a fellow traveler.
That's quite a leap to go from "he disagrees with me on one issue" to "[he's] no wiser outside the laboratory [than an average person]."
From his reply I suspect that cryonics is something he hasn't thought about very much, whereas he has thought quite a lot about other important (arguably more important) issues. For a celebrity scientist, I am actually quite surprised how insightful and independent his thinking is on a wide range of topics.
Cryonics is very expensive, and I would guess there's only about a 1% chance of it working as cur...
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