NancyLebovitz comments on Cryonics Questions - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Perplexed 27 August 2010 04:27:18AM *  6 points [-]

If you answered yes to all six questions and have not and do not intend to sign up for cryonics please give your reasons in the comments.

  • I do not wish to damage the ozone layer or contribute to global warming.
  • I think the resources should be spent on medical care for the young, rather than for the old. Do you know how many lives lost to measles one corpsicle costs?
  • If I am awakened in the future, I have no way to earn a living.
  • I used to like Larry Niven's sci fi.

Yes, these answers are somewhat flip. But ...

I can easily imagine someone rational signing up for cryonics. What I have more trouble imagining is someone rational becoming evangelical on the topic. Surely there are lives easier and cheaper to save than mine. Why is it important to you to convince me on this? Why aren't you asking me to contribute to Doctors without Borders? Are you perhaps seeking validation of your own life choices?

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 27 August 2010 02:41:55PM 0 points [-]

What's the connection to Niven? His portrayal of revival as a bad deal?

Comment author: Perplexed 27 August 2010 02:57:04PM 3 points [-]

Yes. As I recall, Niven described a future in which people were generally more interested in acquiring a license to have children than in acquiring a license to thaw a frozen ancestor.

There were a couple of books where a person was revived into a fairly dystopian situation - I forget their names right now. The term "corpsicle" is Niven's.

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