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Comment by drimshnick on Open Thread: April 2010 · 2010-04-01T16:08:15.986Z · LW · GW

This is a blog devoted to rationality - it's no wonder it hasn't been linked here.

Comment by drimshnick on Normal Cryonics · 2010-01-20T18:37:36.115Z · LW · GW

And there is also the downside risk even if it does work - what if you are reanimated to be a slave of some non-FAI warlord! From this example, we can see that the probability of successful cryo actually resulting in a negative outcome is at least as big as the probability of non-FAI winning out.*

So the question actually reduces to a classic heaven-and-hell or nothing argument - would you rather the chance of heaven with the possibility of hell, or neither?

(*Of course, if the non-FAI sees no need to even have you around and doesn't even bother thawing you out and just kills you, this is a negative outcome also, as you've wasted lots of money.)

Comment by drimshnick on Normal Cryonics · 2010-01-19T20:38:50.609Z · LW · GW

Forgive my ignorance, but aren't the real costs of cryonics much higher than their nominal fees, given the need to ensure that the preserved are financially secure post re-animation? What is the relative utility of perhaps having the chance of being re-animated as compared to not having a poor lifestyle (i.e. "going to the movies or eating at nice restaurants") now?