I’ve been scared shitless all my life but it gradually gets better. I stopped caring that much and am much happier now. I’m at the point where I’m really too lazy to go for Cryonics now. Although note that I never doubted that Cryonics could work or that it is worth it if you care. But really the more I learn the less I fear not being around. Of course I do want to be around, I don’t want to die. But I’m just not going wear a helmet while driving a car, if you see what I mean. I learnt that there are so many possibilities, MWI, the Mathematical Universe etc. and most of all you people. If I’m not around then someone like you or EY will be who pretty much contain all awesomeness I could ever mobilize. I know many people wouldn’t even be satisfied by having a perfect copy around, because it’s not them. I’m pretty much the other extreme who’s already satisfied with having people around who I believe are at least as worthy as I am so to not fear death anymore. Further there are the possibilities that the future will suck anyway :-)
It actually didn’t occur to me to wear a helmet in a car.
For me this was sort of the dividing line between “I’m young, I’ll live forever” and “Wait, shit, I won’t, I really do need to do all those boring things like use hand sanitizer and look both ways before crossing the street and take my vitamins.”
Wait, should I wear a helmet in my car? :) It sounds plausible. I’d say no, because of reduced visibility increasing odds of accident, and already ample protection from airbags, seatbelt, and crumple-zone into rigid structure protecting against crushing.
A good motorcycle helmet provides well over 180 degrees of side vision, while your peripheral vision can only reach about 160 degrees. While I can’t find a reference, IIRC the percentage of motorcycling fatalities resulting from head injuries is around 50%, and the percentage of car fatalities resulting from head injuries is considerably higher. So, disregarding the vastly diminished prior probability of all-cause fatalities in a car, you should actually be more adamantly in favor of helmet use in a car than on a motorcycle.
Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) are a leading cause of death and disability in the United States, and car accidents are one of the leading causes of TBIs.
I’d rather wear a helmet than signing up for cryonics. But most people who sign up for cryonics probably do not wear helmets.
I’ve been scared shitless all my life but it gradually gets better. I stopped caring that much and am much happier now. I’m at the point where I’m really too lazy to go for Cryonics now. Although note that I never doubted that Cryonics could work or that it is worth it if you care. But really the more I learn the less I fear not being around. Of course I do want to be around, I don’t want to die. But I’m just not going wear a helmet while driving a car, if you see what I mean. I learnt that there are so many possibilities, MWI, the Mathematical Universe etc. and most of all you people. If I’m not around then someone like you or EY will be who pretty much contain all awesomeness I could ever mobilize. I know many people wouldn’t even be satisfied by having a perfect copy around, because it’s not them. I’m pretty much the other extreme who’s already satisfied with having people around who I believe are at least as worthy as I am so to not fear death anymore. Further there are the possibilities that the future will suck anyway :-)
It actually didn’t occur to me to wear a helmet in a car.
For me this was sort of the dividing line between “I’m young, I’ll live forever” and “Wait, shit, I won’t, I really do need to do all those boring things like use hand sanitizer and look both ways before crossing the street and take my vitamins.”
Wait, should I wear a helmet in my car? :) It sounds plausible. I’d say no, because of reduced visibility increasing odds of accident, and already ample protection from airbags, seatbelt, and crumple-zone into rigid structure protecting against crushing.
A good motorcycle helmet provides well over 180 degrees of side vision, while your peripheral vision can only reach about 160 degrees. While I can’t find a reference, IIRC the percentage of motorcycling fatalities resulting from head injuries is around 50%, and the percentage of car fatalities resulting from head injuries is considerably higher. So, disregarding the vastly diminished prior probability of all-cause fatalities in a car, you should actually be more adamantly in favor of helmet use in a car than on a motorcycle.
Why would we disregard that?
I’d rather wear a helmet than signing up for cryonics. But most people who sign up for cryonics probably do not wear helmets.