Huh, I had completely forgotten that P&T did an anti-cryonics bit. Disappointing. On the other hand, their basic point (“Why not spend that $125,000 on hookers?”) reminded me of Reedspacer’s Lower Bound.
There’s still hope for Penn and Teller; their last episode is going to be a bunch of miscellaneous retractions for the times they’ve been wrong on their show. Which is a good sign in itself.
During an interview on the January 31, 2007 episode of The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe, Teller claimed that the final episode of the show would be about “the bullshit of Bullshit!” and would detail all the criticisms that they themselves had of the show, however the series ended before such an episode ever aired.
Second, your utility in hookers is sublinear. If you have 50,000, spend 20k on hookers and then 30k on neuro. It seems inconcievable that there are many people who have exactly 30,000 free.
I am also disappointed in Penn and teller. But the bar for discriminating truth against much social pressure is very high.
$80K USD for Alcor neuro, $9K for some Russian organization, and $50K for Trans Time, which has a rather shoddy website. Other organizations only seem to offer full-body cryopreservation. What institution charges 30,000?
Huh, I had completely forgotten that P&T did an anti-cryonics bit. Disappointing. On the other hand, their basic point (“Why not spend that $125,000 on hookers?”) reminded me of Reedspacer’s Lower Bound.
There’s still hope for Penn and Teller; their last episode is going to be a bunch of miscellaneous retractions for the times they’ve been wrong on their show. Which is a good sign in itself.
Bullshit! has apparently finished up. Did they do any interesting retractions?
From Wikipedia:
Oh. What a pity. I guess the network didn’t think it was worth spending money on.
First, it’s only 30,000 for neuro.
Second, your utility in hookers is sublinear. If you have 50,000, spend 20k on hookers and then 30k on neuro. It seems inconcievable that there are many people who have exactly 30,000 free.
I am also disappointed in Penn and teller. But the bar for discriminating truth against much social pressure is very high.
$80K USD for Alcor neuro, $9K for some Russian organization, and $50K for Trans Time, which has a rather shoddy website. Other organizations only seem to offer full-body cryopreservation. What institution charges 30,000?
Cryonics Institute. (Edit: they don’t offer neuro, but I’m guessing they’re the source of the $30K figure.)
I was just quoting P&T’s number. That show aired in 2004 so I assumed the price would be lower today (not to mention the neuro discount).
Of course, that’s why it’s a lower bound :)
Why would you think that?
Weirdly, Penn is a teetotaler who doesn’t drink (at all) or use drugs. I guess we all wirehead in different ways.