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Nate646 comments on Cryonics: peace of mind vs. immortality - Less Wrong Discussion

3 Post author: oge 24 June 2015 07:10AM

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Comment author: Nate646 27 June 2015 01:20:28PM 1 point [-]

It could well be, that their estimation of a successful revival is significantly higher than they are letting on.

Comment author: ChristianKl 27 June 2015 03:11:10PM 1 point [-]

I don't know what you mean with "letting on". The census asked very directly for a probability value of successful revival.

Comment author: Nate646 10 July 2015 06:19:15AM 0 points [-]

I don't know what you mean with "letting on". The census asked very directly for a probability value of successful revival.>

I mean that their actual revival estimate may be a lot higher than they are willing to acknowledge, which would explain the peace of mind.