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klfwip comments on Russian plan for immortality [link] - Less Wrong Discussion

5 Post author: Dr_Manhattan 01 August 2012 08:49PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 03 August 2012 05:08:13PM 0 points [-]

I have not read the article yet but this immediately makes me much more suspicious of their intentions and odds of success. Solving hard problems like immortality is tricky enough, there is no point throwing in technical constructs which do nothing to advance this goal- unless you believe that having holographic bodies is somehow more important than living forever.