mikedarwin comments on Alcor vs. Cryonics Institute - Less Wrong

27 Post author: prespectiveCryonaut 09 April 2012 01:49AM

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Comment author: mikedarwin 11 April 2012 08:46:37PM 5 points [-]

Umm, here's a suggestion: WHY DON"T YOU JUST ASK ELIZER HOW AND WHY HE MADE THE DECISION? Why speculate?

Comment author: gwern 11 April 2012 08:52:21PM *  6 points [-]

Because it was an excuse to bring in the hope function by way of correcting Max's statistical reasoning, something I find really cool given how simple & obscure it is.

Comment author: enoonsti 12 April 2012 09:10:44AM 3 points [-]

This is precisely why I both love and hate Less Wrong.