The critics of cryonics here for the most part seem to miss the attraction of cryonics, at least for people like me. I don’t think the future will find me a fantastic individual worthy of reviving. I don’t think there will be a market or even a will to revive me in the future. I don’t even have much expectation that current cryonics is sufficient to save me from information theoretic death. I just think it’s a better strategy than alternatives such as burial or cremation in maximizing my persistence odds. Maybe not a much better strategy. But still, it seems to me to be a better strategy. And my reasons for wanting to maximize my persistence odds are selfish and solipstic. That’s it.
The critics of cryonics here for the most part seem to miss the attraction of cryonics, at least for people like me. I don’t think the future will find me a fantastic individual worthy of reviving. I don’t think there will be a market or even a will to revive me in the future. I don’t even have much expectation that current cryonics is sufficient to save me from information theoretic death. I just think it’s a better strategy than alternatives such as burial or cremation in maximizing my persistence odds. Maybe not a much better strategy. But still, it seems to me to be a better strategy. And my reasons for wanting to maximize my persistence odds are selfish and solipstic. That’s it.