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lsparrish comments on [Prize] Essay Contest: Cryonics and Effective Altruism - Less Wrong Discussion

2 Post author: lsparrish 08 November 2013 07:55PM

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Comment author: lsparrish 08 November 2013 11:25:45PM 4 points [-]

So this contest is essentially a cryonics propaganda competition?

Tongue in cheek answer: Sure, I'll admit to that. I'd never have lasted long in Slytherin anyway.

Awesome.

Serious answer: I'm just trying to avoid an awkward situation by not appearing willing to actively fund a position I don't agree with at a core level. An honorary submission would be welcomed, and in fact I think I've read and recommended Thrasymachus work in the past on this very topic. It's based on pro-natalism, if I remember right. So it is on topic in the sense that it would present interesting contrast to the other essays, it just doesn't answer the questions I actually asked / am willing to pay for answers to (which I expect that many here to already have thought of, but think they need incentive to actually write it out in a nice essay format).

Comment author: Locaha 09 November 2013 08:55:23AM 0 points [-]

You should clarify this in your original post.