Cryonics

[ciphergoth]

I'm considering signing up with the Cryonics Institute. Are you signed up? I'd be interested to hear your reasons why or why not. It does of course sound crazy, but when you press past that initial reaction to find out why it's crazy, I haven't heard a really satisfactory argument yet, and I'm interested to hear what people think. There are many reasons it might not work, but are there reasons to think it's really unlikely to work? How likely does recovery need to be for it to be worth it?

Comments

[wight1984.livejournal.com]

I'm very sceptical of the science behind it but that's not what bothers me.

I find the idea of spending tens of thousands of pounds at a shot at preserving my life after death to just be very hard to justify. That's hardly pocket change.

Skipping right past the issue of whether it's better to spend money on enjoying myself now rather than a gamble on extending my life, I wonder how many people's lives could be extended/saved using that money in more conventional means.

I'd rather the world's resources went to helping people who need that money right now rather than to give privileged people hope for life after death.

[mooism.livejournal.com]

These things bother me too.

[wight1984.livejournal.com]

Another issue just occurred to me, although it may have already been addressed somewhere.

The money paid is presumably just for the cryopreservation. Presumably it isn't to pay for the cost of revival (especially given that we don't know how much that might end up costing).

Who are we expecting to pay for this? (and the obvious carry-on questions; is it fair to expect them to and how reliable is it that they're going to?)