From: Rob Harris (rob@hbinternet.co.uk)
Date: Thu Nov 25 1999 - 04:08:29 MST
>Cryonics is high on my list of thing *I* don't believe in, but other people
>spend money on!! Seems silly to me. I don't "bash" cryonicists, or accuse
>them of believing in pseudo-science (though i feel this way). I repsect
them
>and admire their audacity, and intent!!!!!
Cryonics is not a belief system, it is a gamble. These people spend a few
grand to get themselves frozen after death on the off chance that they're
resurrected by the cryonics company when the required technology is
available. Of course, everyone accepts that the company, and it's assets
(including your freezer) may not exist by the time such technology arrives,
but many see the potential coolness of being awaken in the future as too
great to miss - after all, it doesn't cost THAT much, considering what you
might get. What most will also accept is that the technology might never
arrive (although recent discoveries concerning the nature of aging,
conceptions of uploading and so on would make this a naive view.)
Given of the great possibility of failure of cryonics, the fact remains that
there is a chance to be resurrected, and there is nothing whatsoever to lose
(except a bit of cash), so sod it, line me up for a freezer.....!
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