No, the alternatives you are comparing are reviving a frozen brain vs doing something potentially more useful, once the revival technology is available.
For example, if creating a new mind has a positive utility some day, it’s the matter of calculating what to spend (potentially still limited) resources on: creating a new happy mind (trivially easy even now, except for the “happy” part) or reviving/rejuvenating/curing/uploading/rehabilitaing a grandpa stiff in a cryo tank (impossible now, but still probably much harder than the alternative even in the future).
No, the alternatives you are comparing are reviving a frozen brain vs doing something potentially more useful
My comment is unrelated to cryonics, I posted it to remind about framing effects of saying “not saving lives” as compared to “killing”. (Part of motivation for posting it is that I find the mention of Eliezer’s dead brother in the context of an argument for killing people distasteful.)
creating a new happy mind (trivially easy even now, except for the “happy” part) or reviving/rejuvenating/curing/uploading/rehabilitaing a grandpa
As I said, harder to evaluate. I’m uncertain on which of these particular alternatives is better (considering a hypothetical tradeoff), particularly where a new mind can be made better in some respects in a more resource-efficient way.
No, the alternatives you are comparing are reviving a frozen brain vs doing something potentially more useful, once the revival technology is available.
For example, if creating a new mind has a positive utility some day, it’s the matter of calculating what to spend (potentially still limited) resources on: creating a new happy mind (trivially easy even now, except for the “happy” part) or reviving/rejuvenating/curing/uploading/rehabilitaing a grandpa stiff in a cryo tank (impossible now, but still probably much harder than the alternative even in the future).
My comment is unrelated to cryonics, I posted it to remind about framing effects of saying “not saving lives” as compared to “killing”. (Part of motivation for posting it is that I find the mention of Eliezer’s dead brother in the context of an argument for killing people distasteful.)
As I said, harder to evaluate. I’m uncertain on which of these particular alternatives is better (considering a hypothetical tradeoff), particularly where a new mind can be made better in some respects in a more resource-efficient way.
Ah, OK. I thought you were commenting on the merits of cryopreservation.