Are you attempting to convince him just of the sensibleness of cryopreservation, or of the whole “package” of transhumanist beliefs? I’m asking because 3-4-5 are phrased as if you were advocating mind uploading rather than cryonics.
Also, 3-4 and 5 are directly contradictory. 5 says “if you believe in the existence of replicas, why would you still care about your life?”, while 3-4 say “the existence of replicas doesn’t make you care any less about your own life”. While it doesn’t sound like a productive line of inquiry, the opposition is so blatant and direct that I’d be strongly tempted to point it out.
1 reveals a possibly deeper disagreement, and is somewhat more linked to your reply:why should he care what the universe does or does not care for? Could you possibly convince your father to accept egoism?
Are you attempting to convince him just of the sensibleness of cryopreservation, or of the whole “package” of transhumanist beliefs? I’m asking because 3-4-5 are phrased as if you were advocating mind uploading rather than cryonics.
Also, 3-4 and 5 are directly contradictory. 5 says “if you believe in the existence of replicas, why would you still care about your life?”, while 3-4 say “the existence of replicas doesn’t make you care any less about your own life”. While it doesn’t sound like a productive line of inquiry, the opposition is so blatant and direct that I’d be strongly tempted to point it out.
1 reveals a possibly deeper disagreement, and is somewhat more linked to your reply:why should he care what the universe does or does not care for? Could you possibly convince your father to accept egoism?
(Aside: are you Mowshowitz, by any chance?)
Yes.