Even if the odds are potentially worse than winning a lottery, the alternative of losing one’s precious self forever is still infinitely worse for many people (and for a certain Botoxed supervillain), sometimes no matter the cost.
I assume that these people do not “pray to God for salvation”, because the probability of it working out is too low. Then what is the lowest probability of cryonics working that they accept? Or otherwise, do they also give money to a Pascalian mugger?
I wonder how people who assign vast amounts of value to their own life make every day decisions. What activities are instrumentally rational? Are they using protective gear when climbing the stairs?
This is a pretty silly strawman. Consider steelmanning, see where you get. If you are still unable to construct a charitable interpretation after a while, ask again.
The charitable interpretation is, of course, that these people overestimate the chances of cryonics working due to wishful thinking. In their daily lives they are probably approximately as rational as anybody else, including people who pray God for salvation.
I assume that these people do not “pray to God for salvation”, because the probability of it working out is too low. Then what is the lowest probability of cryonics working that they accept? Or otherwise, do they also give money to a Pascalian mugger?
I wonder how people who assign vast amounts of value to their own life make every day decisions. What activities are instrumentally rational? Are they using protective gear when climbing the stairs?
This is a pretty silly strawman. Consider steelmanning, see where you get. If you are still unable to construct a charitable interpretation after a while, ask again.
The charitable interpretation is, of course, that these people overestimate the chances of cryonics working due to wishful thinking. In their daily lives they are probably approximately as rational as anybody else, including people who pray God for salvation.