If you asked me about cryonics in person I’d tell you that I agree with your pessimism. But only because you’d ask me. Here on Less Wrong however I didn’t do so until now because I just don’t care at all about that topic. I don’t care whether people sign up for cryonics or not.
Which doesn’t explain why all those people who care about it are missing at meetups. The data of the latest survey suggests that there are more people that care about cryonics than not:
Only 49 people (4.5%) have never considered cryonics or don’t know what it is. 388 (35.6%) of the remainder reject it, 583 (53.5%) are considering it, and 47 (4.3%) are already signed up for it.
But this doesn’t mean that those who consider cryonics are optimistic about it. Maybe they are just more optimistic about it than to be rotting six feet under.
If you asked me about cryonics in person I’d tell you that I agree with your pessimism. But only because you’d ask me. Here on Less Wrong however I didn’t do so until now because I just don’t care at all about that topic. I don’t care whether people sign up for cryonics or not.
Which doesn’t explain why all those people who care about it are missing at meetups. The data of the latest survey suggests that there are more people that care about cryonics than not:
But this doesn’t mean that those who consider cryonics are optimistic about it. Maybe they are just more optimistic about it than to be rotting six feet under.
My feelings exactly.
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