Comment on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 27, chapter 98

Sun, 01 Sep 2013 14:45:45 GMT

It's hard to prove that people were ignorant, of course, but I think it did bring cryonics up to a lot of people who didn't know about it. (If nothing else, all the kids and teens watching it - the younger you are, the less time you've had to run into the idea.) Some links:

Futurama hits on Cryonet

'cryonics' hits: 535k

'cryonics AND futurama': 1,850k

Ngrams 1960-2008, cryonics & Futurama (apparently 'Futurama' was a term long before the show? So the ngram is a bit meaningless, though it's interesting it has surpassed cryonics.)

Discuss