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CarlShulman comments on Alcor vs. Cryonics Institute - Less Wrong Discussion

27 Post author: prespectiveCryonaut 09 April 2012 01:49AM

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Comment author: CarlShulman 12 April 2012 12:07:16AM *  3 points [-]

Facing threats of possibly somewhat lower salaries and job prospects is quantitatively far less severe than being banned. Cutting the expected value of training for a profession by 10% is very different from cutting prospects by 50% or 90%.