FiftyTwo comments on 2011 Survey Results - Less Wrong

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Comment author: FiftyTwo 05 December 2011 10:18:27PM 4 points [-]

Older people were less likely to believe in transhumanist claims,

This seems to contradict the hypothesis that people's belief in the plausibility of immortality is linked to their own nearness/fear of death. Was there any correlations in the expected singularity date?

Relevant SMBC (Summary futurists predicted date of immortality discovery is slightly before the end of their expected lifespan)