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If someone figured out today how to reverse and stave off aging, wouldn't you want to give it a try (and wait a while before deciding on mortality)? If so, this isn't a very good objection to cryonics.
If I have my own body and it was healthy with some time left, that would be fine. I suppose if we are imagining a surviving brain then what is the problem with getting a re-build to reverse age and whatever caused the death.
Today, I wish to live one more day.
On any given day, I wish to live one more day.
Therefore, I wish to live forever, by induction on the positive integers.
-Eliezer, and Harry Potter.