[LINK] Why Cryonics Makes Sense - Wait But Why

Wait But Why published an article on cryonics:

http://waitbutwhy.com/2016/03/cryonics.html

Wait But Why published an article on cryonics:

http://waitbutwhy.com/2016/03/cryonics.html

I find that about as convincing as "if you see a watch there must be a watchmaker" style arguments.

There are a number of ways theorized to test if we're in various kinds of simulation and so far they've all turned up negative.

String theory is famously bad at being usable to predict even mundane things even if it is elegant and "flat" is not the same as "infinite".

I find that about as convincing as "if you see a watch there must be a watchmaker" style arguments.

I don't see the similarity here.

There are a number of ways theorized to test if we're in various kinds of simulation and so far they've all turned up negative.

Oh?

String theory is famously bad at being usable to predict even mundane things even if it is elegant and "flat" is not the same as "infinite".

It basically makes no new testable predictions right now. Doesn't mean that it won't do so in the future. (I have no opi... (read more)

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