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You could make the exact same argument without cryonics. It's possible that tomorrow, the United States will collapse into an evil theocracy that decides to bo
by teraflop 9y ago
You could make the exact same argument without cryonics.
It's possible that tomorrow, the United States will collapse into an evil theocracy that decides to both torture me and devote all of its resources to prolonging my life indefinitely. I could commit suicide today to escape that possibility, but I don't because I judge it to be extremely unlikely.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> You could make the exact same argument without cryonics. You could, but it would make less sense. > It's possible that tomorrow, the United States will collapse into an evil theocracy that decides to both torture me and devote all of its resources to prolonging my life indefinitely It could, but the information available to most observers makes both the policy transition described unlikely tomorrow, and he technology development improbable in the time necessary to have a meaningful effect even with the policy transition. OTOH, such a policy transition is much more likely between now and whenever the technology to restore life to a frozen cadaver is developed, and at least a large portion of the technology development necessary to effect the extended torture is certain with the ability to revive frozen corpses. The scenarios aren't parallels.