amacfie comments on PSA: Very important policy change at Cryonics Institute - Less Wrong

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Comment author: amacfie 03 October 2013 07:18:04PM 6 points [-]

interesting use of the word "suicide"

Comment author: wedrifid 06 October 2013 01:54:19PM 4 points [-]

interesting use of the word "suicide"

True, it could be "murder", "manslaughter" or "tragic accident" instead.

Comment author: amacfie 06 October 2013 03:38:46PM 1 point [-]

Right, murder of someone already dead

Comment author: wedrifid 07 October 2013 12:57:24AM *  1 point [-]

Right, murder of someone already dead

I see I misinterpreted your earlier comment. My mistake, vote corrected.

Even assuming your premise is correct (that cryopreserved humans can not be considered in any sense 'alive') it wouldn't be a misuse of the word suicide for that reason. Anissimov would be using the typical use of the word to express a claim that you believe to be false.

Comment author: amacfie 07 October 2013 04:39:22AM 0 points [-]

I just said it was interesting, that's all