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You're ruining all my fun with your calm debating. > I'm not saying the probability is > 50%, I'm saying it can be < 1%, but still over 0, and still be worth i
by fusiongyro 14y ago
You're ruining all my fun with your calm debating.
> I'm not saying the probability is > 50%, I'm saying it can be < 1%, but still over 0, and still be worth it.
Well, we're simply going to have to disagree. I don't find endorsement by smart people compelling. We have plenty of evidence that medicine can extend lifespans, but we have no evidence that we'll figure out a safe way to revive someone cryogenically frozen and no reason to believe extension will reach infinity. If they only solve one of the two problems you're looking at wasting a lot of money on a very strange burial or a very disappointing revival.
If p < 1% but > 0 and it's worth it to you, great. But don't kid yourself about it being an investment. It's a huge gamble. And I retain the right to consider gamblers suckers.
- edanm 14y ago"You're ruining all my fun with your calm debating." That's the nicest thing someone's ever said to me on HN :) "Well, we're simply going to have to disagree." Yes, we will. Not that I've signed up to cryonics or anything yet (still checking how it works from outside the US), but I'm almost convinced that it's worth it. Thanks for another interesting viewpoint on the topic.