Peter_de_Blanc comments on Open Thread: January 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Peter_de_Blanc 03 January 2010 12:35:26AM 3 points [-]

Even if none of your relatives sign up for cryonics, I would expect some of them to still be alive when you are revived.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 03 January 2010 12:48:54AM 4 points [-]

Since there is already only a slim chance of actually getting to the revival part (even though high payoff keeps the project interesting, like with insurance), after mixing in the requirement of reaching the necessary tech in (say) 70 years for someone alive today to still be around, and also managing to die before that, not a lot is left, so I wouldn't call it something to be "expected". "Conditional on you getting revived, there is a good chance some of your non-frozen relatives are still alive" is more like it (and maybe that's what you meant).

Comment author: Alicorn 03 January 2010 12:47:18AM *  2 points [-]

Do you mean that a relative I have now, or one who will be born later, will probably be around at that time? Because the former would require that I die soon (while my relatives don't) or that there's an awfully rapid turnaround between my being frozen and my being defrosted.

Comment author: JamesAndrix 03 January 2010 09:44:29AM 4 points [-]

Well the whole point of signing up now is that you might die soon.

So sign up now. If you get to be old And still have no young family And the singularity doesn't seem close, then cancel.