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22 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 23 April 2009 07:07PM

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Comment author: thomblake 23 April 2009 07:46:25PM *  1 point [-]

Nope, I meant compare amount signed up to the amount of atheists (raw numbers). That doesn't tell you whether religion is a factor in avoiding cryonics, but it does tell you whether religion is the only thing keeping everybody from signing up for cryonics. Since by far the majority of atheists are not signed up for cryonics, it's pretty clear that religion isn't what's stopping people.

ETA: Okay, Vladimir_Nesov (below) has convinced me I wasn't considering the same question.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 23 April 2009 07:52:57PM 3 points [-]

Nope, I meant compare amount signed up to the amount of atheists (raw numbers).

That's silly. Too few people know of the idea, and it's too hard to persuade any given person. The question wasn't about absolute difficulty of getting the argument through, but on the relative effect of being religious on the ability of a person to accept the procedure.