Pascal Wager != Pascal Wager Fallacy. If original Pascal wager didn’t depend on a highly improbable proposition (existence of a particular version of god), it would be logically sound (or at least more sound then it is). So, I don’t see a problem comparing cryonics advocacy logic with Pascal’s wager.
On the other hand, I find some of the probability estimates cryonics advocates make to be unsound, so for me, this way of cryonics advocacy does look like a Pascal Wager Fallacy. In particular, I don’t see why cryonics advocates put high probability values on being revived in the future (number 3 in Robert Hanson’s post) and liking the future enough to want to live there (look at Yvain’s comment to this post). Also, putting unconditional high utility value on long life span seems to be a doubtful proposition. I am not sure that life of torture is better than non-existence.
Pascal Wager != Pascal Wager Fallacy. If original Pascal wager didn’t depend on a highly improbable proposition (existence of a particular version of god), it would be logically sound (or at least more sound then it is). So, I don’t see a problem comparing cryonics advocacy logic with Pascal’s wager.
On the other hand, I find some of the probability estimates cryonics advocates make to be unsound, so for me, this way of cryonics advocacy does look like a Pascal Wager Fallacy. In particular, I don’t see why cryonics advocates put high probability values on being revived in the future (number 3 in Robert Hanson’s post) and liking the future enough to want to live there (look at Yvain’s comment to this post). Also, putting unconditional high utility value on long life span seems to be a doubtful proposition. I am not sure that life of torture is better than non-existence.