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DataPacRat comments on Cryo and Social Obligations - Less Wrong Discussion

16 Post author: DataPacRat 27 January 2013 07:32AM

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Comment author: DataPacRat 27 January 2013 07:14:36PM 1 point [-]

cryonics is weird

I don't disagree; I /think/ that it's possible that the idea I'm trying to explain here may be a strong factor explaining why people /do/ think that. Eg, "what sort of person would be willing to even try jumping into a future society with no family, no friends, no community? What a weirdo".

Comment author: falenas108 27 January 2013 08:06:53PM 1 point [-]

I'm making a different point here. I'm saying that most people who dismiss it do so based on an immediate gut reaction of, "Cryonics? That's strange and something from science fiction."

Comment author: DataPacRat 27 January 2013 09:23:48PM 1 point [-]

Fair enough.