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That's quite a leap to go from "he disagrees with me on one issue" to "[he's] no wiser outside the laboratory [than an average person]."
From his reply I suspect that cryonics is something he hasn't thought about very much, whereas he has thought quite a lot about other important (arguably more important) issues. For a celebrity scientist, I am actually quite surprised how insightful and independent his thinking is on a wide range of topics.
Cryonics is very expensive, and I would guess there's only about a 1% chance of it working as currently performed. Seeing it as a potentially rare and worthwhile opportunity, or as a waste of money both seem like reasonable positions depending on a persons values and finances to me...
I said that because it seemed he was giving the pat, standard, "I haven't thought about this" answer. I don't know if Tyson is sloppy in all thinking outside the lab, but he seemed to be sloppy here. I wouldn't mind if he disagreed with cryonics after having examined the issue in detail, but he's giving an answer (seemingly) without having thought about it very much.
In short, I think I mostly agree with you.