No. In cryonics we do an explicit cost-benefit calculation in order to see whether we value it enough to spend money that could be used elsewhere. Eliezer is referring to the specific case where something is found to be far less likely than cryonics (which isn’t that improbable) but is pursued anyways because the alternative has exactly zero benefit. Such situations almost always ignore some cost or benefit in order to rationalize a choice despite ~0 probability.
No. In cryonics we do an explicit cost-benefit calculation in order to see whether we value it enough to spend money that could be used elsewhere. Eliezer is referring to the specific case where something is found to be far less likely than cryonics (which isn’t that improbable) but is pursued anyways because the alternative has exactly zero benefit. Such situations almost always ignore some cost or benefit in order to rationalize a choice despite ~0 probability.