Signing up for cryonics is kind of the textbook example of applied rationality around here, much as theism is the textbook example of applied irrationality, so I think it’s interesting to know what kind of people did it, and why.
Quibble: “theism” itself isn’t so much applied irrationality—that would be something more like wasting time at church, or buying lottery tickets—an action with a tangible cost.
Signing up for cryonics is kind of the textbook example of applied rationality around here, much as theism is the textbook example of applied irrationality, so I think it’s interesting to know what kind of people did it, and why.
Quibble: “theism” itself isn’t so much applied irrationality—that would be something more like wasting time at church, or buying lottery tickets—an action with a tangible cost.