I’m trying to figure out why people don’t want to really consider cryonics as an option.
Which people? Many have considered cryonics (and decided not to pursue it), many have not. You jump to some generalizations without many examples of why you think these are the correct cruxes, and you don’t state who you think you can help/convince with this analysis.
I think you make a VERY wrong turn when you go from “fear of being scammed” to “fear of false hope”. It’s not the false hope that makes scams unpleasant (for me, it may actually be part of it for some), it’s the WASTE involved in thinking about, paying for, and otherwise investing in the scam.
Cryonics is not a scam, in that everyone involved seems to be quite sincere in delivering as much of their promise as they can. But it’s the same cost/benefit calculation as many scams—some expense for a hard-to-measure and probably very small chance of success.
Which people? Many have considered cryonics (and decided not to pursue it), many have not. You jump to some generalizations without many examples of why you think these are the correct cruxes, and you don’t state who you think you can help/convince with this analysis.
I think you make a VERY wrong turn when you go from “fear of being scammed” to “fear of false hope”. It’s not the false hope that makes scams unpleasant (for me, it may actually be part of it for some), it’s the WASTE involved in thinking about, paying for, and otherwise investing in the scam.
Cryonics is not a scam, in that everyone involved seems to be quite sincere in delivering as much of their promise as they can. But it’s the same cost/benefit calculation as many scams—some expense for a hard-to-measure and probably very small chance of success.
> it’s the WASTE involved in thinking about, paying for, and otherwise investing in the scam.
That is what I said in the post, which indicates you didn’t think about what I said.