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3 Post author: MrMind 14 September 2015 07:10AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 15 September 2015 04:41:32AM 0 points [-]

But the logic that makes signing up for cryonics make sense is the same logic that humans are REALLY BAD AT doing. Following the crowd is generally a good heuristic, but you have to recognize it's limitations.

Comment author: entirelyuseless 15 September 2015 01:43:12PM 1 point [-]

In principle this is saying that you know why most people don't sign up, so if you're right about that, then my argument doesn't apply to your case.