Is there really anyone who would sign up for cryonics except that they are worried that their future revived self wouldn’t be made of the same atoms and thus would not be them? The case for cryonics (a case that persuades me) should be simpler than this.
I am. I am very concerned that an organization like Alcor might decide to perform a cheaper destructive scan and brain emulation rather than revival. I’m willing to choose my cryonics organization based on their willingness to abide by my wishes to be revived, not copied.
I agree. I’d be more worried about civilisation collapsing in the interim between being frozen and the point when people would have worked out how to revive me.
Is there really anyone who would sign up for cryonics except that they are worried that their future revived self wouldn’t be made of the same atoms and thus would not be them? The case for cryonics (a case that persuades me) should be simpler than this.
I am. I am very concerned that an organization like Alcor might decide to perform a cheaper destructive scan and brain emulation rather than revival. I’m willing to choose my cryonics organization based on their willingness to abide by my wishes to be revived, not copied.
I agree. I’d be more worried about civilisation collapsing in the interim between being frozen and the point when people would have worked out how to revive me.
Why would you worry about that? Wouldn’t you worry instead about the opportunity costs of signing-up for cryonics?