MichaelVassar comments on Survey Results - Less Wrong

48 Post author: Yvain 12 May 2009 10:09PM

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Comment author: timtyler 12 May 2009 10:41:07PM 3 points [-]

Re: Probability of an average person cryonically frozen today being successfully revived: 22.3, 10, 26.2.

An enormous estimate, IMO - close to that given by the salesmen(!):

http://www.alcor.org/Library/html/WillCryonicsWork.html

Comment author: MichaelVassar 13 May 2009 03:39:29AM 3 points [-]

That's because cryonics salesmen are generally amateur rationalists who are actually trying to believe rationally and report their beliefs honestly.

Comment author: timtyler 13 May 2009 07:08:41AM 8 points [-]

I am more inclined to believe that they are a self-selected group - drawn from the section of the population with the most optimistic estimates of whether cryonics will work. Usually, "most optimistic" != "most realistic".

Comment author: homunq 14 May 2009 05:19:50PM 2 points [-]

No contradiction between the two posts above. The second is, nonetheless, probably more useful in judging accuracy.