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Are you signed up for cryonics?

• fapjacks 11y ago
  I am not, actually, because the damage for me personally is above a threshold I'm willing to accept. I am experimenting with rapamycin, but I'm not so sure cyronics are going to actually work. I 100% respect that other people find the prospect acceptable, and I am totally supportive of people that want to push this technology further. The other facet of this gem is that I cannot afford it. :P
  • aerovistae 11y ago
    damage?
    • knodi123 11y ago
      the freezing process is not gentle.
      • zo1 11y ago
        Apparently they moved on past freezing now, in an attempt to combat just that.
  • toomuchtodo 11y ago
    > The other facet of this gem is that I cannot afford it. Life insurance policy that pays out upon death to Alcor.
    • wwweston 11y ago
      Would death payouts really yield the right incentives?
      • deleted 11y ago
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      • ohitsdom 11y ago
        "Cashflow is getting low... let's distribute batch #47."
      • toomuchtodo 11y ago
        I'm not sure I understand. When you "die", your life insurance policy pays out, which is used to fund your cryogenic procedure.
    • fapjacks 11y ago
      That's interesting, I hadn't even thought of that. Maybe this is a thing among the cryo community. I'm just that ignorant of cryonics (and by proxy Alcor) to begin with, barring a brief period of novelty interest previously.
      • toomuchtodo 11y ago
        I only know about it because I'm exploring it as a serious end of life option in the event biomedical advances don't come quickly enough.