Comment author:taw
01 May 2012 04:10:19PM
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What makes you reach this conclusion?
First, we need technology of living forever as a precondition before any kind of rethawing makes any sense, and this technology is so obviously centuries away. Just notice how slowly any kind of anti-aging research progresses.
I'd happily bet against any cryonics rethawing happening in the next few centuries, but there's no market for that.
The last anti-Pope was in the late 1400s. Even if one includes the Reformation and Counter-Reformation that at least three centuries of unambiguous stability.
There are also still extant corporations dating from the 700s.
Their list is extremely dubious, and even cases where companies really operate since the listed date includes a lot of breaks (like Wedel's for WW2, Communist takeover etc. - only the brand really continues all that time).
Comment author:AngryOnion
05 February 2013 06:38:59PM
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I'd love to bet for cryonics happening within this century, if not within 50 years. What makes this bet even more interesting is that pretty much everyone is betting against it.
Key in my estimation is the phenomenon of exponential progress, particularly since the dawn of mass internet and the unbelievable wealth and ever increasing and improving information exchange.
The technology to living forever, as you put it, is probably just around the corner (within 30 years), but yes, the chronological order makes sense, at least for old folks.
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First, we need technology of living forever as a precondition before any kind of rethawing makes any sense, and this technology is so obviously centuries away. Just notice how slowly any kind of anti-aging research progresses.
I'd happily bet against any cryonics rethawing happening in the next few centuries, but there's no market for that.
Just to mention a few breaks I remember - pope was imprisoned and Rome sacked in 1527, Napoleon took over Rome and exiled the pope in 1798, and takeover of Rome by Kingdom Italian was at least highly disruptive if it didn't constitute a full break of continuity.
Their list is extremely dubious, and even cases where companies really operate since the listed date includes a lot of breaks (like Wedel's for WW2, Communist takeover etc. - only the brand really continues all that time).
I'd take no entries on their list at face value.
I'd love to bet for cryonics happening within this century, if not within 50 years. What makes this bet even more interesting is that pretty much everyone is betting against it.
Key in my estimation is the phenomenon of exponential progress, particularly since the dawn of mass internet and the unbelievable wealth and ever increasing and improving information exchange.
The technology to living forever, as you put it, is probably just around the corner (within 30 years), but yes, the chronological order makes sense, at least for old folks.