lsparrish comments on Brain Preservation - Less Wrong

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Comment author: lsparrish 30 March 2012 04:13:34AM 1 point [-]

What about externalities that don't relate to reanimation? For example, we might expect an increase in public confidence in the scientific method rather than supernaturalism as a solution to the big scary problems. Perhaps there would be more STEM professionals and less clergy in a world where cryonics is common. Perhaps it will lead to increased aggregate demand for hard to cure yet rare illnesses (especially forms of brain damage).