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jhuffman comments on Years saved: Cryonics vs VillageReach - Less Wrong Discussion

19 Post author: handoflixue 01 August 2011 09:04PM

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Comment author: jhuffman 02 August 2011 08:23:38PM 2 points [-]

You can choose not to use math but you can't avoid choosing between alternatives. Perhaps we implicitly assume that either the "fun-years" or cryonics probabilities are lower than those used to account for the fact that there is no cryonics charity?