Tenek comments on The Irrationality Game - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Tenek 04 October 2010 03:29:46PM 36 points [-]

The pinnacle of cryonics technology will be a time machine that can at the very least, take a snapshot of someone before they died and reconstitute them in the future. I have three living grandparents and I intend to have four living grandparents when the last star in the Milky Way burns out. (50%)

Comment author: Will_Newsome 06 October 2010 06:58:59AM 2 points [-]

This seems reasonable with the help of FAI, though I doubt CEV would do it; or are you thinking of possible non-FAI technologies?

Comment author: Tiiba 04 October 2010 07:11:06PM *  0 points [-]

So you intend to acquire an extra grandparent somewhere along the line?

Comment author: Tenek 04 October 2010 07:36:01PM 7 points [-]

No. I intend to revive one. Possibly all four, if necessary. Consider it thawing technology so advanced it can revive even the pyronics crowd.

Comment author: JenniferRM 04 October 2010 08:55:42PM 3 points [-]

Did you coin the term "pyronics"?

Comment author: Tenek 05 October 2010 04:26:35AM 0 points [-]

I would imagine not (99%) , although it doesn't appear to be in common usage.

Comment author: Tiiba 05 October 2010 01:22:34PM 0 points [-]

Sorry, I missed the time machine part.

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