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An afterlife would require fundamental revisions to the laws of physics, while cryonics does not (as the article goes on to explain). Pascal's Wager is about ho
by apsec112 9y ago
An afterlife would require fundamental revisions to the laws of physics, while cryonics does not (as the article goes on to explain). Pascal's Wager is about how an infinite payoff leads to infinite expected value, regardless of the odds. There are no infinities anywhere in cryonics, it's just a question of weighing the odds against the expected payoff, like taking a risky new drug or any other experimental medical procedure.
- analog31 9y ago... or sending money to Nigeria, to transfer millions of dollars to your name, which also doesn't violate the laws of physics. The traditional afterlife of religion was constructed to obey physics as it was understood at the time.