Daniel_Burfoot comments on Abnormal Cryonics - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Daniel_Burfoot 28 May 2010 03:27:10AM -1 points [-]

Anyone else here more interested in cloning than cryonics?

Seems 100x more feasible.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 28 May 2010 03:37:18AM 6 points [-]

More feasible yes, but not nearly as interesting a technology. What will cloning do? If we clone to make new organs then it is a helpful medical technique, one among many. If we are talking about reproductive cloning, then that individual has no closer identity to me than an identical twin (indeed a bit less since the clone won't share the same environment growing up). The other major advantage of cloning is that we could potentially use it to deliberately clone copies of smart people. But that's a pretty minor use, and fraught with its own ethical problems. And that would still take a long time to be useful. Let's say we get practical cloning tomorrow. Even if some smart person agreed to be cloned, we'd still need to wait around 12 years at very minimum before they can be that useful.

Cryonics is a much larger game changer than cloning.

Comment author: timtyler 30 May 2010 11:50:10AM 2 points [-]

Re: "Anyone else here more interested in cloning than cryonics?"

Sure. Sexual reproduction is good too.

Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 28 May 2010 03:50:44AM *  1 point [-]

Interested in what way? Do you see it as a plausible substitute good from the perspective of your values?

Comment author: Daniel_Burfoot 28 May 2010 04:50:30AM 0 points [-]

Yes. If cloning were an option today, and I were forced to choose cloning vs. cryonics, I would choose the former.

Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 28 May 2010 05:27:10AM 3 points [-]

What benefit do you see in having a clone of you?

Comment author: Daniel_Burfoot 28 May 2010 04:14:07PM 1 point [-]

I think by raising my own clone, I could produce a "more perfect" version of myself. He would have the same values, but an improved skill set and better life experiences.

Comment author: DanielVarga 29 May 2010 07:00:06PM 2 points [-]

You know what, I am quite content with a 50% faithful clone of myself. It is even possible that there is some useful stuff in that other 50%. </cheap shot>

Comment author: Emile 30 May 2010 02:13:51PM 1 point [-]

I think by raising my own clone, I could produce a "more perfect" version of myself. He would have the same values, but an improved skill set and better life experiences.

Do you have any convincing reasons to believe that? How do you account for environmental differences?

Comment author: Sniffnoy 28 May 2010 04:54:49AM 0 points [-]

What exactly would "choosing cloning" consist of?