CronoDAS comments on Normal Cryonics - Less Wrong

58 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 19 January 2010 07:08PM

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Comment author: CronoDAS 20 January 2010 03:57:05AM *  0 points [-]

Yet another possible "true rejection":

I don't feel as though I deserve to be revived in the future. I suspect that my existence has been a net loss for the world so far. I make garbage. I've been educated at taxpayer expense. I've done very little that anyone would consider a service worth paying for. I'm a leech, a parasite, a (figurative) basement dweller, a near-hikikomori, a lazy bum, a loser, and plenty of other negative terms. And this isn't going to change. So why should I leave the future with the burden of dealing with me?

Comment author: LucasSloan 20 January 2010 06:31:19AM 6 points [-]

Tell you what. If I make it (to the creation of an FAI), and no one else has already done it, I will personally spend the resources to revive you and pay for your upkeep. I further make this pledge for anyone who is cryopreserved and unwanted.

Comment author: CronoDAS 26 January 2010 11:39:43AM *  0 points [-]

Then you're part of the problem. I'm sick of being a charity case.

Comment author: Bindbreaker 20 January 2010 06:35:47AM 0 points [-]

I'm pretty sure most people are concerned more with the scenario where revival comes before FAI.

Comment author: LucasSloan 20 January 2010 06:46:04AM 0 points [-]

I think most people who are concerned about revival aren't really considering on an emotional level FAI at all. I'd considered making the same promise regardless of FAI, but I think that it would be negligent of me to do so, with such important investment opportunities available. Also, I'm not sure I'd have that much money, even for just CronoDAS.

Comment author: wedrifid 20 January 2010 04:02:58AM 1 point [-]

That sounds like it could be closer to home.

Comment author: bogdanb 20 January 2010 11:37:02PM *  0 points [-]

And this isn't going to change.

How do you know? Or, in other words, why do you assign a lower priority to this than to cryopreservation actually working?

(If it didn't work, then it doesn't matter if you deserved it or not, any money you had would still be redistributed in the society, and you wouldn't cause any significant expense anymore.)