jkaufman comments on Brain Preservation - Less Wrong

22 Post author: jkaufman 28 March 2012 12:56PM

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Comment author: jkaufman 29 March 2012 06:01:35PM *  0 points [-]

I've been collecting various Fermi calculations into a Google Doc.

Comment author: DanielLC 30 March 2012 03:21:22AM 2 points [-]

I don't understand the "no one is interested" ones. Wouldn't they get interested once the amount of money in the trust keeping you frozen exceeds the cost of reviving you?

The "it's too expensive" one is similar, although it could be expensive enough that nobody is willing to let money gather in a trust long enough to pay for it.

If cryonics becomes illegal, wouldn't they just move the bodies to somewhere where it's still legal?

Comment author: jkaufman 30 March 2012 11:37:54AM 0 points [-]

Wouldn't they get interested once the amount of money in the trust keeping you frozen exceeds the cost of reviving you?

I don't expect that money to grow much. We're taking out 1% each year for maintenance, so unless the real return is consistently a good bit higher the money doesn't grow much if at all.

wouldn't they just move the bodies to somewhere where it's still legal?

This is expensive, moving bodies away might be illegal, most other countries are less stable. But yes, it might well be prohibited in a way that has basically no effect.