James_Miller comments on Open Thread, March 1-15, 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: James_Miller 24 December 2013 05:51:15PM *  0 points [-]

In most futures, everyone is simply dead.

If there is a high probability of these bad futures happening before you retire, this belief reduces the cost of cryonics to you in terms of the opportunity cost of instead putting money into retirement accounts.

In the really bad futures you probably don't experience extra suffering if you sign up for cryonics because all possible types of human minds get simulated.