I’m interested how the immortality questions would change if you asked whether the world would be better if everyone had the option to “to live forever in perfect health and youth”. It is notable due to how much support it’s getting compared to the other transhumanist proposals on the list, and I think the “would you” framing is the cause.
For instance, I think people would also say they’d like an option to “change their physical appearance to whatever they want” or make themselves much smarter whenever they want. Its just they don’t think the world would be better if everyone could do that.
This would also explain why the numbers don’t budge much if you add the overpopulation stipulation. If people are interpreting the question as only affecting their own actions, why would overpopulation matter?
I’m interested how the immortality questions would change if you asked whether the world would be better if everyone had the option to “to live forever in perfect health and youth”. It is notable due to how much support it’s getting compared to the other transhumanist proposals on the list, and I think the “would you” framing is the cause.
For instance, I think people would also say they’d like an option to “change their physical appearance to whatever they want” or make themselves much smarter whenever they want. Its just they don’t think the world would be better if everyone could do that.
This would also explain why the numbers don’t budge much if you add the overpopulation stipulation. If people are interpreting the question as only affecting their own actions, why would overpopulation matter?
good idea, i can test that