drimshnick

• drimshnick 1 Apr 2010 16:08 UTC

  −9 points

  in reply to: AngryParsley’s comment on: Open Thread: April 2010

  This is a blog devoted to rationality—it’s no wonder it hasn’t been linked here.

• drimshnick 20 Jan 2010 18:37 UTC

  −3 points

  in reply to: LauraABJ’s comment on: Nor­mal Cryonics

  And there is also the downside risk even if it does work—what if you are reanimated to be a slave of some non-FAI warlord! From this example, we can see that the probability of successful cryo actually resulting in a negative outcome is at least as big as the probability of non-FAI winning out.*

  So the question actually reduces to a classic heaven-and-hell or nothing argument—would you rather the chance of heaven with the possibility of hell, or neither?

  (*Of course, if the non-FAI sees no need to even have you around and doesn’t even bother thawing you out and just kills you, this is a negative outcome also, as you’ve wasted lots of money.)

• drimshnick 19 Jan 2010 20:38 UTC

  2 points

  on: Nor­mal Cryonics

  Forgive my ignorance, but aren’t the real costs of cryonics much higher than their nominal fees, given the need to ensure that the preserved are financially secure post re-animation? What is the relative utility of perhaps having the chance of being re-animated as compared to not having a poor lifestyle (i.e. “going to the movies or eating at nice restaurants”) now?