wedrifid comments on A survey of anti-cryonics writing - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 19 November 2010 08:36:23AM 0 points [-]

Virgin Cryonics?

Comment author: ciphergoth 19 November 2010 02:14:45PM 1 point [-]

If anyone was going to turn cryonics into a mass-market product, Richard Branson might...

Comment author: wedrifid 19 November 2010 05:04:12PM *  1 point [-]

Wow. The same 'Virgin' that is known here for the budget airline. I had no idea that he was likely to be into cryonics kinds of ventures too.

Comment author: David_Gerard 19 November 2010 05:33:37PM 1 point [-]

Having flown on VirginBlue in Australia, presumably this would entail setting up a cryonics operation that buys thirty-year-old equipment cheap, and charging the patients' families for extra LN2 by the litre. Flying on VirginBlue involves a certain amount of the passengers waving their arms and chanting "I believe in aviation! I believe in aviation!" Why no, it wasn't a great flight ...

Comment author: wedrifid 19 November 2010 05:40:02PM 0 points [-]

Having flown on VirginBlue in Australia, presumably this would entail setting up a cryonics operation that buys thirty-year-old equipment cheap, and charging the patients' families for extra LN2 by the litre.

Could not have said it better!

Comment author: ciphergoth 20 November 2010 10:17:46AM 0 points [-]

Not that he's a transhumanist, he just runs a huge variety of different businesses and doesn't mind doing unusual things eg Virgin Galactic.