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advancedatheist comments on We really need a "cryonics sales pitch" article. - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: James_Miller 05 August 2015 02:40:17AM 2 points [-]

Authority. Look at who has signed up for cryonics. Peter Thiel, Robin Hanson, Ray Kurzweil, and Aubrey de Grey are all Alcor members.

Comment author: advancedatheist 05 August 2015 03:07:17AM *  4 points [-]

Eh, smart people can rationalize doing dumb things - Skepticism 101.

I would point to cryobiologist Greg Fahy, Ph.D., as a more relevant authority:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Fahy