Far enough in the future, it might be possible to “cure” them. However, they will still possess toxic memories and thoughts that would greatly distress them now that they are normal. To truly repair them, they would likely need to have many or all of their memories erased. At that point, with an amnesic brain and a cloned body, are they even really the same person, and if not, what was the point of cryopreserving them?
Why not “cure” them by building a mind that can bare them without too much distress? A sufficiently different mind can I think bear any thoughts a human mind “diseased” or not can have. Do such minds necessarily or even probably hold no value to us?
At least 50% of US university students have had a homicidal fantasy this year. Guess how common rape fantasies are. To a more “sensitive” mind something like that could seem horrifying. But how … can they think such things and still have sympathy and not go around stabbing each other all the time?
Forming a robust theory of mind and realizing that not everyone thinks or sees the world the same way you do is actually quite difficult. Consider the immense complexity of the world we live in and the staggering scope of thoughts that can possibly be thought as a result. If cryopreservation means first and foremost mind preservation, maybe there are some minds that just shouldn’t be preserved. Maybe the future would be a better, happier place without certain thoughts, feelings and memories—and without the minds that harbor them.
Feelings, memories, thoughts, if you somehow carve them away from functioning running brain, are merely information. Are you speaking of not reviving certain minds with such ideas or of that information being permanently erased?
Personally, I think the assumption of “better safe than sorry” is a good-enough justification for mass cryonics (or for cryonics generally), but I think that assumption, like any, should at least be questioned.
Why not “cure” them by building a mind that can bare them without too much distress? A sufficiently different mind can I think bear any thoughts a human mind “diseased” or not can have. Do such minds necessarily or even probably hold no value to us?
At least 50% of US university students have had a homicidal fantasy this year. Guess how common rape fantasies are. To a more “sensitive” mind something like that could seem horrifying. But how … can they think such things and still have sympathy and not go around stabbing each other all the time?
Feelings, memories, thoughts, if you somehow carve them away from functioning running brain, are merely information. Are you speaking of not reviving certain minds with such ideas or of that information being permanently erased?
BTW Have you read “Beyond the reach of God” before?
I agree.