eli_sennesh comments on Survey: What's the most negative*plausible cryonics-works story that you know? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 30 December 2015 04:15:31AM 0 points [-]

If we're weighting by plausibility:

You are dead, you stay dead, and your life insurance and charity-at-death money is gone.

Comment author: gjm 30 December 2015 03:34:39PM 2 points [-]

That isn't a "cryonics-works" story, it's a "cryonics-fails" story.

Comment author: [deleted] 30 December 2015 05:49:55PM 0 points [-]

Hmmm. Fair enough. I guess I just don't really have a clear idea of what's genuinely plausible if cryonics works but things end up "negative".

Comment author: RichardKennaway 31 December 2015 09:32:05AM 0 points [-]

"The operation was a success, but the patient died."