Vladimir_Nesov comments on Cryonics: Can I Take Door No. 3? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Chris_Roberts 06 September 2012 12:38:16PM *  0 points [-]

True. Believing doesn't grant more options, but if you truly believe in an afterlife, then this is not a question that would concern you: you believe you have a better option. :)

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 06 September 2012 06:33:31PM 1 point [-]

If you believe in an afterlife, the question that concerns you is still whether there is an afterlife, not whether you believe in an afterlife. So you still should worry about the hypothetical of there being an afterlife, which you'd assign more probability, not about the hypothetical of you believing in an afterlife.

Comment author: Chris_Roberts 07 September 2012 12:16:25PM 0 points [-]

If you believe in an afterlife, the question that concerns you is still whether there is an afterlife, not whether you believe in an afterlife.

I think we are assigning different meanings to "believe". In my sense, a true believer has no doubt, so "whether" is no longer a question. I think we may be getting sidetracked on semantics, though.