Fair enough, but I hope you won't overlook the points that:
1) People are, in fact, fucking crazy.
2) People often have difficulty in coming to terms with the above fact in its simple form, to the detriment of their development as rationalists; it's why I use "People are crazy, the world is mad" as a slogan. They pass up opportunities like a valid startup idea or signing up for cryonics because they think that other people will laugh, and they haven't gotten on a deep gut level that the people laughing at them are crazy. Vide: http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Conformity_bias
This is why I objected to the downvoting of the original comment (I'm pleased to see it's been voted up now). The referenced poll is, in fact, more proof that humans are fucking crazy, and people need proof of that.
1) People are, in fact, fucking crazy.
2) People often have difficulty in coming to terms with the above fact in its simple form, to the detriment of their development as rationalists; it's why I use "People are crazy, the world is mad" as a slogan. They pass up opportunities like a valid startup idea or signing up for cryonics because they think that other people will laugh, and they haven't gotten on a deep gut level that the people laughing at them are crazy. Vide: http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Conformity_bias
This is why I objected to the downvoting of the original comment (I'm pleased to see it's been voted up now). The referenced poll is, in fact, more proof that humans are fucking crazy, and people need proof of that.