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Comment author: ChristianKl 02 December 2014 12:05:14PM 0 points [-]

Most forms of rejection to cryonics that I've seen seem to be pretty intellectual, actually; there's a bunch of things like cost-benefit analysis and probability estimates going on, etc

That's really not how most people make their decisions.

Compare that approach to the usual approach: "Hey, death sucks, wanna sign up to get your head frozen so you'll have a chance at getting thawed in the future?"

There are plenty of ways to tell someone about cryonics that don't involve a direct plea for them to take action.

Comment author: dxu 04 December 2014 05:05:35PM 3 points [-]

That's really not how most people make their decisions.

Maybe it's not how most people make their decisions, but I have seen a significant number of people who do reject cryonics on a firmly intellectual basis, both online and in real life. I suppose you could argue that it's not their true rejection (in fact, it almost certainly isn't), but even so, that's evidence against heavy emotions playing a significant part in their decision process.

There are plenty of ways to tell someone about cryonics that don't involve a direct plea for them to take action.

Yes, but most of them still suffer from the "weirdness factor".

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