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

10 Post author: CronoDAS 03 August 2015 10:42PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 05 August 2015 05:56:47PM *  3 points [-]

Question 14: Wait so you're like... one of those crazy people that thinks that you can freeze yourself then be reincarnated. You actually think that would work? You should know that my sister knows where I am!

Question 15: Wait what, you actually want me to pay money for this crazy shit, how much?

Question 16: You do realize that's more than I make in a year, right? Go find some other sucker to peddle your wares on.

You're acting like there's a logical, well thought out argument against cryonics, but most people are acting on some perfectly reasonable heuristics that basically boil down to: "I'm not gonna pay crazy people ridiculous amounts of money for something that's impossible."

Comment author: jeff_davis 12 August 2015 07:39:28AM 0 points [-]

"You're acting like there's a logical, well thought out argument against cryonics, but most people are acting on some perfectly reasonable heuristics that basically boil down to: "I'm not gonna pay crazy people ridiculous amounts of money for something that's impossible.""

Exactly right except for the "perfectly reasonable heuristics". Should be "...seemingly reasonable but in fact faulty heuristics..." Otherwise they wouldn't end up with "crazy people": not; ridiculous amounts of money: not; and "something that's impossible": not.