TsviBT comments on More Cryonics Probability Estimates - Less Wrong

20 Post author: jkaufman 17 December 2012 08:59PM

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Comment author: TsviBT 18 December 2012 02:54:01AM 2 points [-]

Fixed rate life policies are available, but they tend to cost a bit more.

Comment author: Kindly 20 December 2012 03:10:05AM 1 point [-]

I don't expect there to be a way to cheat statistics: if the life policies all have the same payout, they most likely all have the same expected cost when you take into account interest rates. The insurance company wants to make money (in expectation), after all.