If cryonics were a scam it would have far better marketing and be far more popular.
Eliezer YudkowskyIf I'm teaching deep things, then I view it as important to make people feel like they're learning deep things, because otherwise, they will still have a hole in their mind for "deep truths" that needs filling, and they will go off and fill their heads with complete nonsense that has been written in a more satisfying style.
Eliezer YudkowskyEvery mystery ever solved had been a puzzle from the dawn of the human species right up until someone solved it.
Eliezer YudkowskyThere's something in science like the shine of the Patronus Charm, driving back all sorts of darkness and madness.
Eliezer Yudkowsky[...] intelligent people only have a certain amount of time (measured in subjective time spent thinking about religion) to become atheists. After a certain point, if you're smart, have spent time thinking about and defending your religion, and still haven't escaped the grip of Dark Side Epistemology, the inside of your mind ends up as an Escher painting.
Eliezer Yudkowsky