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ChristianKl comments on Cryonics priors - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 21 January 2013 01:02:01PM *  3 points [-]

5 There is a chance we'll discover immortality in my lifetime. If so, then if I signed up for cryonics the payout is 0

That's a bad argument. Just put a number on the chance that we don't discover immortality in your lifetime and multiply the p value with the expected utility of having a cryonics treatment should you die.