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

[lovingboth]

Without having read it :) I think the claim that at least one cryonics set up is badly run and in it for the money is extremely likely to be true.

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

I'd be interested to know what you make of these: Alcor financial statements, Cryonics Institute financial statements. They claim a yearly salary cost of $499,963 and $85,398 respectively. If there's anything in there that suggests dodgy goings-on I'd love to hear about it - thanks!