Well, people exposed to very low temperatures have ended up in states where they were considered clinically dead,
13.7C isn’t “very low” for the relevant purposes, and she wasn’t dead before she got cold like cryonics purchasers would be.
even though “volatile” functions had been interrupted
I’m not sure we can conclude this at 13.7C.
Interesting case, though.
Also, lower mammals have been frozen and brought back with no ill effects.
I’ve only seen this with cooling and super-cooling, not with freezing or vitrification.
Don’t take the computer metaphor too literally. There’s no separate disk and RAM in the brain, after all.
Of course. I was riffing on Eliezer’s metaphor.
Even if the probability of cryonics revival is miniscule, I would still bet that it’s higher than (a) the existence of a deity, (b) who could be effectively prayed to, (c) who would care about my prayers and answer them, and (d) the existence of a soul separate from material existence.
The point isn’t which tiny probability is tinier, it’s that unless you place literally infinite value on immortality (and if you do, you’d be living very differently from anyone I’ve ever met), you have to conclude that some avenues aren’t worth pursuing at $80-100K a pop.
Even if you place literally infinite value on being immortal, I imagine you’d rather spend the time wasted praying on something more likely to make you immortal, eg minimizing your chance of heart disease.
Well, people exposed to very low temperatures have ended up in states where they were considered clinically dead,
13.7C isn’t “very low” for the relevant purposes, and she wasn’t dead before she got cold like cryonics purchasers would be.
even though “volatile” functions had been interrupted
I’m not sure we can conclude this at 13.7C.
Interesting case, though.
Also, lower mammals have been frozen and brought back with no ill effects.
I’ve only seen this with cooling and super-cooling, not with freezing or vitrification.
Don’t take the computer metaphor too literally. There’s no separate disk and RAM in the brain, after all.
Of course. I was riffing on Eliezer’s metaphor.
Even if the probability of cryonics revival is miniscule, I would still bet that it’s higher than (a) the existence of a deity, (b) who could be effectively prayed to, (c) who would care about my prayers and answer them, and (d) the existence of a soul separate from material existence.
The point isn’t which tiny probability is tinier, it’s that unless you place literally infinite value on immortality (and if you do, you’d be living very differently from anyone I’ve ever met), you have to conclude that some avenues aren’t worth pursuing at $80-100K a pop.
Even if you place literally infinite value on being immortal, I imagine you’d rather spend the time wasted praying on something more likely to make you immortal, eg minimizing your chance of heart disease.