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by jpulgarin 5360 days ago
I have discovered a way of extending anyone's life. I will extend yours if you send me 25k via paypal. You can find my email in my profile. Note that this is a non-zero chance.
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There's an astronomically high probability that you're saying this to make a point, not because you have secret information. That fits perfectly with my model of expected human behavior. The question would be why your model of expected cryobiology/physics/future scientific development places its chance of success in anything like a similarly low category.
I'm just arbitraging thret's belief that any non-zero chance of returning to life is worth 25k - nothing to do with cryonics.
And if I had an infinite supply of funds I would take all chances, regardless of credibility. I do not.

You do not get points for reductio ad absurdum arguments.