ikrase comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 27, chapter 98 - Less Wrong Discussion
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Or have only briefly heard of it as something for the rich akin to Lenin's tomb.
I thought he'd read a fair amount of science fiction. Shouldn't he have heard of it there?
Second thought: I have a vague impression that there used to be more cryonics in science fiction from before 1975 or so. If I'm right (and I'm not at all sure that I am), would that affect what Harry would be likely to know?