Suppose I wanted to convince someone that signing up for cryonics was a good idea, but I had little confidence in my ability to persuade them in a face-to-face conversation (or didn’t want to drag another discussion too far off-topic) - what is the one link you would give someone that is most likely to save their life? I find the pro-cryonics arguments given by Eliezer and others on this site + Overcoming Bias to be persuasive (I’m convinced that if you don’t want to die, it’s a good idea to sign up) but all the arguments are in pieces and in different places. There’s no one, single, “This is why you should sign up for cryonics” persuasive essay that I’ve found here that I’ve found that I can simply link someone to and hope for the best. Can you direct me to one?
It’s tricky. As Socrates noted in the Apology, it’s much easier to convince someone in a one-on-one conversation than to have a general argument to convince anyone in general.
Yeah, it is. I would like a good link to use as a conversation starter, at least.
I wanted to evangelize on other message boards/blogs/etc., and having a single, ready-made “No, you really can cheat death!” link I can post would be a big help.
Suppose I wanted to convince someone that signing up for cryonics was a good idea, but I had little confidence in my ability to persuade them in a face-to-face conversation (or didn’t want to drag another discussion too far off-topic) - what is the one link you would give someone that is most likely to save their life? I find the pro-cryonics arguments given by Eliezer and others on this site + Overcoming Bias to be persuasive (I’m convinced that if you don’t want to die, it’s a good idea to sign up) but all the arguments are in pieces and in different places. There’s no one, single, “This is why you should sign up for cryonics” persuasive essay that I’ve found here that I’ve found that I can simply link someone to and hope for the best. Can you direct me to one?
It’s tricky. As Socrates noted in the Apology, it’s much easier to convince someone in a one-on-one conversation than to have a general argument to convince anyone in general.
Yeah, it is. I would like a good link to use as a conversation starter, at least.
I wanted to evangelize on other message boards/blogs/etc., and having a single, ready-made “No, you really can cheat death!” link I can post would be a big help.