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Pascal assumes one true God or not. For all he could prove, maybe the afterlife punishes people for choosing that God. All that aside, there's zero evidence to
by MichaelGG 9y ago
Pascal assumes one true God or not. For all he could prove, maybe the afterlife punishes people for choosing that God.
All that aside, there's zero evidence to believe in an afterlife. With cryonics we in theory understand it, if the brain is just its atoms, then it's quite conceivable that the information might be able to be reconstructed.
I don't see how they are comparable.
- QAPereo 9y agoThat brain is going to be a brain slurry after freezing, but hey, I’m scared of dying too so I get it. I’m just no more able to buy into the fantasy of cryonics or digital afterlives than I am the “divine” kind. More than anything it strikes me as old hopes, dreams, and fears in a new skin, like “Simulated Universe” theory.
- apsec112 9y ago"Brain slurry" is not an accurate description; modern providers use vitrification and perfused cryoprotectants to prevent freezing damage. http://www.alcor.org/FAQs/faq02.html http://www.alcor.org/FAQs/faq02.html
- QAPereo 9y agoHere's the view from sources other than people trying to sell you something. https://msu.edu/~ciofujac/ https://msu.edu/~ciofujac/ https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2016/01/29/how-can-you-protect-a-brain-by-destroying-it/ https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2016/01/29/how-can-y...