Prismattic comments on I Will Pay $500 To Anyone Who Can Convince Me To Cancel My Cryonics Subscription - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Prismattic 12 January 2014 01:03:45AM -1 points [-]

I will pay $500 to anyone who can convince me to NOT X

Is incentivizing yourself to X. Not ideal for being open to genuinely changing your mind.

Comment author: jkaufman 12 January 2014 06:18:21AM 3 points [-]

He stands to save a lot of money over the years by canceling his subscription, much more than this $500. The net short and medium term (which of course ignores the potential, long term, payoff of cryonics working) incentive is towards changing his mind and believing "not X", he's just offering to split some of that incentive with us.