In particular: Probably not much of a decision (advanced dementia versus legal death). As you know, in terms of preserving the functional capacity of the original human’s cognition, both lead to the same result, albeit at different speeds. (In addition, even for cryonic purposes, it would be vastly better to conserve a non-degenerated brain.)
Sorry, read this wrong.
In general: Depends on your terminal values.
In particular: Probably not much of a decision (advanced dementia versus legal death). As you know, in terms of preserving the functional capacity of the original human’s cognition, both lead to the same result, albeit at different speeds. (In addition, even for cryonic purposes, it would be vastly better to conserve a non-degenerated brain.)